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, completely designed and developed in the United States with the Honda logo of an American car, this car was released in the United States at the end of 2015, Dongfeng Honda introduced it to the Chinese market in 2016.
The biggest highlight of this generation of 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. It's a pity that the 120,000-priced Civic can only choose the 1.0T version, which is a very fuel-efficient but a bit weakly powered. 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.
However, the Civic has never been a performance car, but a family sedan with sporty characteristics, and this generation as a whole 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...... In terms of applicability,There is also a minus point for the high-end Civic is its set of full-touch central control system,The air conditioning control is also changed to touch, although it looks very beautiful,But it is actually easy to distract the driver,120,000 yuan price Civic changed the air conditioning back to the knob type,But the central control screen is gone。
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, just to keep even the lowest-spec Civic in a responsive driving feeling, and the 1.0T version of the Civic is turning its back on this tradition, which is the reason why we recommend it less.
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、车顶强度、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.
Honda Civic test report