Civic, Golf, Leon - which is best? 👇

I’ve had mine for 2 months now and it’s averaged 52mpg over 2,500 miles of mixed driving. It’s a brilliant car and a lot of fun to drive.

A seat adjustment lever is WAY better than a wheel. I am 6.1 and I am NEVER able to comfortably position my hand over the wheel because in my driving position the seat inevitably aligns with the B pillar, thus blocking the wheel. A lever makes adjusting MUCH faster (you pull to unlock the backrest, use your body to position it and let the lever go) than desperately turning a frigging knob (pun intended).

Love it! Prefer the lever to the wheel for seat adjustment. Impressed with the mpg AND something you maybe forgot to mention, Honda's reliability record, which is well up there. Great honest review, as usual. 👍

Test drove one and fell in love with it, ordered one. It's not just the efficiency, the thing can shift from the line and is great on corners. I got 66mpg driving across Sheffield with its hills.

I've had my Civic Sport in Premium Crystal Blue for 3 and a half months and I'm very happy with it. I've covered just shy of 10.000mi and I've saved a good 160L of petrol since compared to my previous KIA Cee'd JD 1.6GDI that I had for 5 and a half years and covered 88,000mi in it. Talking about the drive, it definitely comes alive on a twisty road, great fun. All in all, a brilliant little car.

I've always been a fan of Honda cars. Loved their reliability, their overall quality and knowing one would be buying a car 'for life' if so wished. The one thing preventing me from getting a civic for the last 15 years or so was their design. Both exterior and interior. So now Honda as nailed it on design department (exterior and interior) but I'm not a fan of the power train anymore... PLEASE, honda Europe, give a non hybrid option to the old souls like me

Got mine in October 2022. In Metric: 4,6 liters / 100 km. From Germany 600km Autobahn to Holland 5,1/100km

I’m six 2 and sat perfectly in back

Just looked at leasing costs, £583 a month, 8000 miles, 3 months upfront. Ludicrous, I had a Volvo XC90 from 2019 to 2022 on same terms for £552 a month. Car prices are just stupid.

Is the catalytic converter inside the engine bay? Very worried about cat theft.

This Civic is much better than what's out of Europe.

what a calm and pleasant presentation

HRV incredibly loud? Really? If you shove your foot to the floor it will be but if driven as intended not so! (at least mine isn't) Yes a bit of road noise. That said the new hybrid system in the Civic is an improvement but then it is a different class of car to the HRV.

0-60 in under 7 and 50 real world mpg are pretty good figures. I would probably prefer the estate though

My favorite car. In South Africa, this car costs R 677 000.00

I wish honda Europe would offer this car with the engines available in the US and a diesel, especially as their 1.6 was actually pretty good and us still emissions compliant for E6d

Amazing image quality and warmth of lighting in this video. Thanks!

What you talking about. Lever is 10 times better than a wheel. Seriously

I have the HRV and find it a good drive around town, but I have ordered the Civic Advance as I love the civics, this looks grown up with better styling so looking forward to May

Went to the dealer today and was told there is a 8 month wait for one of these. 😩

honda did a great job on this one.

Beautifully filmed

great review! It's coming to Canada for 2025 in both sedan and hatch so I may consider this for my next daily driver. Does this muster any full-EV driving, even at crawl speed?

For this price everyone should look for a Lexus ES300H. Almost the same price, but much more refined and luxurious car.

I wonder how it handles vs the 1 series. I really like this power train setup!

Will the HRV get the updated system in time?

I bought an eight month old 1.0 mk 10 Civic SR in May 2021 for £17500. A new entry level MK11 is over £30k !! I know it is a hybrid, but you are talking around £10,000 more for the new model. Absolutely ridiculous.

The crazy prices in Australia will doom this car to failure in our market.

Like the Octavia, the Civic is always going to better the golf, Leon etc for luggage space since it's a larger car. Compare it to similar sized cars like the Prius.

Fancy having to peer through a steering wheel to see the dials. What a bizarre idea. Speaking of course as a Peugeot 208 owner.

is this the Sport trim?

Why is Seat getting mentioned with Civic, i owned over 20 different cars, Leon by a mile worst car i owned. EGR vans, turbos, PDF filters..... Stay away from Seat Leon. Civic is a no 1 reliability car alongside Mazda and Toyota. Germans where good 30 years ago

What a shame that in the list of competitors to this car there is, as yet, no Guilietta replacement. Alfa Romeo have once again shot themselves in the foot and seem to have become SUV orientated, maybe it’s too late for them to produce a relatively mainstream , small but interesting family car . As for the Civic I just hope that the stylists are not let loose on it when they do a Civic-R, the last one looked horrendous, mind you I am nearly 80 and probably not quite up to speed with what people want or need.

I bought a diesel civil new in 2019 and I'm getting 57 mpg.

Currently own a FK8. Had a test drive in the e hev and was instantly won over.Good performance with instant torque, excellent handling, comfortable and mpg between 55-65 mpg. Interior felt premium and well equipped, decided on the Crystal Blue Advance. Last but certainly not least many physical controls, unlike VW touch hepatic totally impratical. Looking forward to March.

I wonder if Honda will eventually update their recently released HR-V with the newer E-HEV technology found in this Civic?

Nice looking car, I think I’ll be looking into that! 😊

I want to buy the car for my commute to work!

I always love that coat!

Civic Jazz has always been a Saviour for Honda .

But is it worth nearly 10k US dollars more than a regular Civic? No way.

hi, which civic is this, you have civic hybrid and civic Type R, what's the difference between them, we have tall passenger for back seat, what can you suggest. Thank you

I like the sound of this car, looks like the one for me.

Just as fast as the previous iteration but 10k more expensive ? No thanks.

Unfortunately now its £39777 for an Advance. If you choose anything other then the standard options with Sonic grey pearl paint you will hit the £40000 road tax bracket. You will pay an extra £395 for 5 years after a years ownership. Best to buy the car and pay for the extras separately as most are dealer fit anyway

This guy is a joke the civic is miles better than any golf

Would be nice to see what they have done to improve the old CVT system?

I found the Civic very loud inside.

Good but too expensive

Scratchy plastics and rear headroom: the "Well, we have to find SOMETHING to be persnickety about" of the car review world.

Best car you can buy........... except you can't buy it had my Feb 7th order cancelled by Honda 2 days ago looking at March 2024 before I can order one, Toyota it is then.

Why don't you check if the cars you review can take a space saver wheel, this is important. If you do a review do it right.

Looks quite impressive. Will there be an estate variant?

It's a large car. For instance it's 9 inches longer than a BMW 1 series and 12 inches longer than a VW Golf.

I like it,I wonder if they,ll bring out an estate version and do they offer it without low profile tyres

Most people will only transport kids in the rear (like me). Head room no issue with them. I never see hatch backs with adults in the rear.

Don't agree...I have a 2020 1.5 turbo sport civic and I regularly get late 40s around town and late 50s on a longer run. If I hyper mile I can get over 60...and it too has 180bhp. To top it off the road tax on this new civic is no more lower than mine..? go figure?

Have to say I really love all your reviews. This Honda is a lovely car but to me it just looks remarkably like a Mazda 3. That's not a criticism as I like the Mazda 3 , I just wish Honda put a little bit more of imagination into the styling. Still , a nice car.....cheers

US based Civics do not get vents in the rear

50mpg with all that tech and expense, when the 1.6 idtec in the previous car got 60 easily

No 360 camera option..even on top trim..not good.

50mpg and no estate!!! Glad I went for the Corolla that’s averaging 63mpg over 55k miles.

Spare tire? Another inflator kit?

If I wanted a barge, I would go to a canal.

I was looking at this or the new 2023 Accord, both look nice

Will there be an estate version of this at all?

I will probably get this car. However, the Skoda estate is looking so good.

*Lever >> Wheel* 🍃🚬🗿 Less complex motion and faster to adjust than a wheel, especially on the move.

Massive jump in price this year (UK ) and the feedback from owners regarding MPG is just average, certainly not the 80mpg /85 autotrader bragged about. Highly misleading.

Why are all these reviews coming from the U.K. Are there no Americans reviewing all these cars?!

It’s awesome 🎉❤

Thanks man.

A comparison with the Corolla would have been interesting rather than always the Leon

You can't compare a Ford with a honda

Pity you can't actually get one in the UK.

2006 HONDA CIVIC

Front looks better than the ugly rear. Wish the HRV had the same new Hybrid system as this Civic. Prefer crossover/SUV than saloons/hot hatches after years of driving them.

Is there a new civic model without the sloping back??

Hope they fixed faulty gearbox.

I think I'll wait and see what the estate version will be like.

Go does the CVT feel in here? I know the rest of them sound hideous when driven fast.

I wanted to understand the data of acceleration from 0. 60 mph in 6.8 sec.. The fairest data is between 7.8 and 8.1 sec..With which device certified if the house from that timing that I wrote! In Italy our journalists give it on 7.22 and 7.8 With which device certified if the house from that timing that I wrote! In Italy our journalists give it on 7.22 and 7.8 sec 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Is is good enough to stop the plummeting Honda sales in Europe?

This or prius 2023?

And no sunroof 😔

Why can't all cars look normal and generic like this.. why are cars looking futuristic? It's so ridiculous and unnecessary.. I miss 2010 cars

No magic seats?

Give me back my damn manuals!!!!

Fan for HONDA.

1:25 I disagree

This dude has never parked in a car before 😂😂😂

at 37k euro, it can be the best hatchback in the world....ffs..it is 37k..for a basic civic. The hell with it.

Honda & Toyota hybrid, nothing else.

Poor show with Honda if they have loaded old tech into the HRV.

Shame no estate anymore.

6:23 The Civic from the early 90's can do 50 m.p.g. so that just beats the new one.

Where is sporty DNA ? This design theme suit on Accord, Why honda destroy civic?

Seat levers are much better than the crap twist wheels

49.9 mpg is good but not great, I get somewhere in the mid fifties from my hybrid. It's also a pity it is so anodyne looking. Shame, I like Honda's, but at that price not going to be on my radar.