Honda mastered the art of simple motoring. Engines that love to rev, brilliant transmissions, and good steering.

I have this car, 2014, 1.8L manual. Reliable, economical, relatively fun to drive and not too big. Not really any complaints either. Fun gimmick, you can upload your own png for the media screen background, mine is hagrid from the PS1 harry potter videogame.

Basic trim of this 9th gen. You have more attractive look with the sport trim (black alloy rims, stiffer suspensions and so on). With the magic seats and that solid little r18, you get a very good daily car. And easy to improve 👍 Thanks for your video !

Just got this one as my first car ever, and i am in love

Haha! My mate who used to work at Honda when this car released, he said that the civic Euro was called the "Spaceship" or "UFO" because of how funny looking it was. I met a guy who has thr type r version of this car, he said it's really fun to drive on the kaimais since the handling is fantastic. I just hope he hasn't fallen off since I met him 💀

Thank you for the video! I have now same fk2 manual civic but tourer body and lifestyle spec (full Led lights, 320w soundsystem etc). Love the car and how it handles

Over here in Aus my partner has one in the VTI-S manual spec and same engine as in your review. I don't think they called it the Euro in Australia and the manual was only offered without the luxury features such as touchscreen radio, heated seats, projector headlights etc. Can't say I agree about the clutch and engine experience, to me the clutch is very vague and marshmallow-like and the engine takes a long time to get into high revs and doesn't have power until you get there. But I do love the way it handles and I resonate with the steering feeling light but being a positive experience. Thanks for another great video with a car you don't hear much about!

Good review mate, and I really like that car, I'm just trying to rack my brain to think if I have even seen one over here in Australia.

Great video,You are putting so much work in,and it shows.Did you get 8 gen 5 door hatchback 1.8 litre down in the kiwi land?

this is my daily. i cannot fault anything. practical, economical and easy to maontain yourself. will keep it until it falls apart. for fun i just bought a bmw 125i coupe.

Test drove one recently and did notice how good the gear change was, I'm a terrible driver and usually fumble the gear changes a bit on cars that are new to me but not this one, nice short throw and a positive feel to it.

Always love seeing other non north american honda products!

Yo love ur videos! Wondering if u would ever review the 8th gen civic sport (2007)?

Awesome review, but surprised you never mentioned the fuel economy of it, im looking at one and that engine box combo must be cheap to run ...

Finally a R18❤

The 2.2 diesel is an absolute gem on this model.

Quality review. If only they made a turbo kit or supercharger kit for this car. This would be insane.

Hello there Liam, I am thinking of buying a more modern Honda here in Europe and I need an estate. The only two options here are the Tourer/ estate version of the Civic (2014-2017) and the Accord CW1/2 which is even more hard to find these days. The car market is pretty much dead at the moment which is why I am thinking of buying either one … how does the Civic compare to the MkVIII CW1/2 estate? Are there any downsides with buying the Civic? How is the noise insulation compared to the Accord? I currently drive an Accord CE2 Wagon and it’s terrible at Autobahn speeds. It’s very loud and tiring on longer journeys. Basically I am pretty tempted to buy a lot of interesting cars that you have either owned or reviewed but as a family man I have got to stick to an estate😂 I love the CL9, the CU2 Accords and the Lexus IS as well but they aren’t really that roomy and practical. The CN Accords are from what I have heard also pretty bad at soundproofing so the 8th gen Accord Wagon and 9th gen Civic Euro Tourer are therefore the remaining candidates.

0:16 the funniest part is the 'American' version of that gen Civic isn't even sold in America, it was sold in Canada as the Acura CSX but the American civic of that time had a completely different (IMO uglier) look. As for the European versions they actually got both the sedan and hatch like you guys but with different specs such as an optional 2.2L diesel engine.

as goofy as they are, I really miss the digidash 8th and 9th gen civic. My integra has a HUD but this was a better implementation imo

I've got a high mileage one of those in manual too, it has some sort of problem with the fuel system, you see it takes a long time to use a tank of fuel 🤣 Apart from being 12mm off the ground, and anything taller than a 6 year old child will bang their head on the ceiling in the back seat, it's a fantastic motor car.

You had the eco mode on in the video if it wasn't on purpose and it felt quick, you should try with full throttle response 😄

Makes researching about cars a bloody nightmare, because depending on where you live, a certain car model may be completely different from the "same" car model in the opposite side of the world. You can't understand the frustration of looking up a car that you're thinking of buying and then wondering why the car being reviewed looks different from the car that you're looking to buy, despite being the "same" car on paper.

I like how the plate is blurred in the video but is visible in the thumbnail. Nice video regardless.

In germany or other european countries there is a 2.2l diesel engine as well btw nice video

Always liked this generation... mostly because of the FK2

When you getting ya hands on a FL5 mate?

Wouldnt have looked half bad if they didnt give it those crossover-like black wheel arches.

Got the fk3 with the android system infomentinet screen and 1.6dtec god with what it had had to tune it to 165 hk anf 380 nm way faster and holds nearly near a alfa romeo giulietta 1.4 170 auto

Was this model equipped with idle stop system?

What's the appeal of heel/toe? The 'prat about' factor, I suppose.

At last a man that knows a thing or two about cars and manual transmision! I have this model, without facelift looks much better in the front and has no shiny interior trim. Love from Romania!

The whole test was done with the Eco mode On Look at the speedo There are colors there Green when chaninging into blue When you have it in normal mode Its blue all the time Big mistake Cos this car is real slow with the eco mode on

Just buy the station wagon edition Its perfect

VTEC?

We get these in the uk but only like the type r version

Sono Italiano e questa versione di Civic ha avuto poco successo rispetto alla generazione 8. Ho posseduto sia la generazione 8 ed ora possiedo la generazione 9 (restyling 2015-2016) con il diesel 1.6 120cv (Effettuata remap stage 1 e portata a 150cv) con 150 mila km va benissimo e mai un problema!!! Davvero un peccato che non abbia avuto molto successo, essendo sulla base della 8 hanno perfezionato tutti i problemi precedenti facendola diventare perfetta!!!!

I'm about to retire my Yaris sedan for a civic of this generation with hatch or sedan , what I like in my country honda is not that popular so you get them very cheap at the used car market compared to Toyota and Volkswagen

One of the ugliest car honda ever made IMHO.

_there’s a few of them around in Oz 🦘it’s just that they aren’t a standout in the sea of hatches now available_