The Civic is the first truly global model car in Honda's history, and has sold more than 20 million units in the past 40 years, making it one of the top five cars sold in the world. In North America, the Civic has long been the undisputed leader in the compact car segment, with 40% of the world's Civics being bought by Americans.
The 8th-generation Civic launched in 2006 was once very popular in the Chinese market, but the 9th-generation Civic is a sunken generation, so the 10th-generation Civic is a completely facelifted car, it is actually designed and developed by American designers for the American market, an American car with the Honda logo designed and developed in the United States, and Dongfeng Honda introduced it to the Chinese market in 2016. Due to the enthusiastic market response, Honda has planned to introduce this generation of Civic models to the Japanese market, and this "Japanese car" in the eyes of Chinese will finally start production and sales in Japan.
The biggest highlight of the 10th-generation Civic is the powertrain, although not as revolutionary as the Corolla's dual-engine power, Honda's Earth Dream 1.5T turbocharged engine is one of the best small-displacement turbo engines on the planet. The new Honda L15B engine not only makes the Civic the fastest family car in its class (its CVT version accelerates from 0 to 100 km in 7.2 seconds), but it is also the most fuel-efficient car with a maximum thermal efficiency of an astonishing 38 percent, surpassing the Toyota 8AR-FTS 2.0-liter inline-four turbocharged engine and the Toyota 8NR-FTS 1.2-liter inline-four-cylinder turbocharged engine ( The maximum thermal efficiency of both is 36.2%), becoming the new world first.
While pursuing high power, Honda still attaches great importance to the smoothness of power delivery, this engine not only uses smaller turbine blades to avoid the abruptness of turbo intervention, but also still chooses a CVT gearbox to match it, rather than using the popular turbocharged dual-clutch power combination on the market, so the driving experience of the Civic is very close to that of a large-displacement naturally aspirated engine. Traditional CVT transmissions are difficult to cope with large torque, so they can generally only be used with small-displacement naturally aspirated engines, but the Civic is equipped with this Honda-produced CVT transmission to solve this problem, and this gearbox due to its special calibration, even if the oil is off, the engine speed will not swing up and down, which can be called designed for Honda fans who love high speeds. If you need a decisive, sustained acceleration effort, it does the same thing as an AT gearbox, except that there's no sense of impact like shifting.
The Civic uses a steering system called "DPA-EPS Variable Gear Ratio", which has the ability to change the steering ratio in addition to the usual steering force that varies with the vehicle speed. At low speeds, not only does the steering feel light, but the steering wheel can complete a relatively large steering angle with only a small turn, and at high speeds, the steering wheel not only becomes more "heavy", but also the amplitude of steering needs to increase. This steering system is not only class-leading in terms of technology, but its tuning is also very linear and smooth, making it extremely "handy" in use.
In terms of driving assistance configuration, Honda is also not stingy, and has equipped many of its own safety features on the tenth-generation Civic, including collision pre-mitigation braking system, front pre-collision system, lane departure warning system, road sign recognition system, blind spot detection system and ACC adaptive cruise control system. The high-spec model is also equipped with the advanced AHS (Agile Handling Assist) system, which can be understood as an electronic differential for the car, when the car corners, this system will actively apply a slight braking force to the inner wheels of the corner, so as to help the car complete the steering action more smoothly. In terms of driving and handling alone, the Civic has reached the top of its class, including luxury brands, while its price is very affordable.
However, the Civic has never been a performance car, but a family sedan with sporty characteristics, and this generation has gone too far in the direction of sportiness, and it is difficult to balance family comfort: despite the use of silent tires that sacrifice power performance, its cabin noise is still on the high side, the low seats are not easy to get in and out, the lack of lumbar support adjustment is also one of the shortcomings, and the absence of the headrest of the rear middle seat is inexplicable...... Cars in this class often require trade-offs in handling and suitability, but if you have no hobby of driving and your car environment is basically limited to commuting at 40KM per hour, why buy a Civic?
In terms of applicability, the Civic also has a minus point is its full-touch central control system, Honda has spared no effort to promote this system, but its design has a lot to debatable, such as changing the air conditioning control to touch, although it looks beautiful, but it is actually easy to distract the driver.
The Civic's uncompromising sports suspension and good body rigidity have all made it a darling in the conversion market. The eighth-generation and ninth-generation Civic would rather sacrifice sales in China than replace the 1.5-liter 88KW small displacement engine on the Fit, in order to keep even the lowest-spec Civic in a responsive driving feeling.
Judging from the big data of all models, Honda is only slightly inferior to Toyota in terms of quality and reliability, but the durability and reliability of Honda's engine even surpasses Toyota. Civic is a "not bad" typical Honda car, more than ten years old Civic is also difficult to find any high-incidence faults, but the previous generation of Civic has become a victim of the "Takata airbag incident", Honda is currently recalling all Honda cars installed with Takata airbags, this is probably the biggest quality scandal Honda has experienced in recent years, fortunately, Takata is no longer the 10th generation Civic airbag supplier. But the "thin paint" complained by the Chinese has not wronged Honda, according to the long-term statistics of American consumer reports, the only high-incidence "failure" of Civic cars more than 5 years old is in the body paint.
思域可能是中国人在安全性方面误解最深的Car，它在国内长期被作为“Japan车不安全”的代表，但它其实是你在这个级别能买到的最安全的车之一。在2006~2016年的IIHS测试中，该车型所有指标（正面碰撞、侧面碰撞、小面积正面碰撞、翻滚测试、头枕&座椅）均获最高级评价，是IIHS最高安全等级“TSP+”紧凑型车之一。
The 10th-generation Civic has a lower price in China, so we recommend that you buy its high-spec version for the most complete driving experience. However, due to Dongfeng Honda's huge sales of CR-V and XR-V, the Civic is still suffering from a long-term production capacity shortage. This is probably the biggest problem with this car at the moment: it is not easy to buy it, it requires a price increase or up to half a year of waiting.
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