Super TestCar reviews - Honda - Civic - sedan rangeHonda modelsOverviewLookout Corolla and Mazda3: a cheaper yet better Honda Civic sedan is now on duty3 Feb 2006 By CHRIS HARRIS HONDA isn’t standing still in Australia’s hottest new car segment, the small car class. It’s just released the eighth-generation Civic – one of the world’s oldest and most respected nameplates. Sadly, right now we must do without a hatchback, but at least the not-so-small sedan ticks all the right boxes for style, comfort, space efficiency, refinement, choice and – most crucially – value. It did it with Accord and Odyssey, and now it’s Civic’s turn to show its rivals just how serious Honda is about doubling sales here by 2010. Model release date: 1 February 2006 to 1 February 2012 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelHonda may have sold more of the cheaper, less sophisticated and oh-so-conservative Civic sedan, but that was only because it was cheaper than the funkier EU Civic Vi hatchback. Everything about the sedan felt dull – from its 88kW/150Nm 1.7-litre SOHC engine tied to a four-speed auto or five-speed manual gearbox to the very Plain Jane cabin layout. It seems the EP sedan is the last of the dull Civics, and not before time too. |
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