Car Review : Honda Civic 4D

Car Review : Honda Civic 4D

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Today, the benefits of Japanese cars are known to all. High reliability, original design, and excellent dynamic driving performance, complemented by comfortable interior. Yes, Japanese cars are good, that's why their incredible reliability is legendary. However, they are more related to cars of previous generations, because new items have not yet had time to prove itself as it should, but the trend is, I hope, is clear.
Brand Honda is not an exception to the general rule - vehicles produced under this brand, are colorful and stylish design, sporty tetchy and high comfort. In any case, it seemed to me so recently tested Japanese sedan class golf Honda Civic 4D, courtesy of the official representative of Honda in Russia, the company Honda Motor RUS.
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1. I must say, Honda Civic - the car is very good, at least its previous model of 2006 has earned many warm accolades from owners. The popularity of this model has been so great that the months-long queues at car shows have become commonplace. Frankly, the updated Honda Civic 4D based platform 4-year-old. Yes, that's right - the Japanese decided that the car has not yet exhausted its potential and had a restyling of the popular model. In my opinion, nothing wrong there really is, quite the contrary - why not use a really good solution, which is the Civic? The more so for several years, which is produced car, even the few "children" of the disease, which could be the case for a long time are calculated and eliminated.

2. Alas, I was not able to get acquainted with the previous version of the sedan Honda Civic, so before you start dating with the new model, I learned a good feedback and reviews of the predecessor, published on the Internet. Well, I have to be aware of what exactly has changed, and in what direction ... Of course, ideally it would be good to test both versions, but such a possibility I was not. Well, let's settle for what was available.

3. And there I was not so little - Honda Civic 4D Executive in the maximum configuration with a 1.8-liter 16-valve engine and automatic transmission. By the way, the approximate cost of such a car is about 830 thousand rubles. Well, let's find out whether Honda Civic that kind of money. A first impression with the close acquaintance car left the most positive - swift silhouette, elegant lines and original shapes are not bored. In heavy city traffic so the machine does not get lost, do not dissolve in a great many look-alike clones. Well what can I say - Japanese designers eat the bread has not even nothing!

4. The differences from the previous model is clear - flowing lines became less, the car became sportier look, you can even say aggressive. The front end looks very dignified - polylines headlights combined with the new bumper Honda Civic 4D gives a kind of predatory squint. A new form of the grille fits perfectly into the design and does not look alien element. Slightly changed and rear optics - it designers have moved away from the traditional round elements and turn them into octagons. More changes I noticed, though no one walked around the car again ... Yes, they are, by and large, are not needed - the design of Honda Civic is still fresh and not look corny.

5. So, it's time to take your place in the cabin. Let's start from the back seat. Places - in abundance, and will not be closely and the three passengers medium complexion. I liked the fact that the rear passengers ceiling is not to "put pressure" on the head, even tall people comfortably located on the cozy "sofa". Subjective - creating the illusion of being in the car of a higher class. Why? It's very simple - on so many cars Golf class I sat in the back seat, I rest my knees in the back of the front seats. It is so, however, did not - I even made a special front seats pushed back, so to speak, for reasons of clarity. That is, this part of understanding Honda Civic 4D too successful ...

6. I move the driver's seat - there certainly is, what to look for. First of all, in the eye catches the instrument panel and center console. First, they are made in a single block, as it were, around the driver, and secondly - the very design of the workplace can be called futuristic. Basically, it is a merit tier instrument panel. A bit unusual, but the lack of originality Honda engineers do not exactly condemn. In the bottom box located tachometer, a set of warning lights and display "bortovik", and at the top - the speedometer and fuel level gauges and engine temperature. Bright blue instrument lighting, screens, standard audio system and climate control quite tiring to the eyes, and the readability of the information and its perception - at altitude. A small caveat - although personally I did not stop to read information from monitoring devices, it is possible that at a certain location in the steering wheel and the driver's low growth could be partially overlapping field of view of the dashboard.

7. Landing at the wheel raises no objections - sitting in a tough measure, and the adjustment system allows you to take the most comfortable position. The steering wheel moves in two directions, so that even the pickiest driver can choose an ideal location. Set of pockets and compartments for personal belongings enough to fit all the essentials that compensates for a small amount of a small box, traditionally referred to as the "glove compartment". What else to look for? I remember the sound, and it was remembered their "standard" - a typical head unit, a standard set of speakers ... Such a bright car like Honda Civic, I think that deserves a far better audio system, although the existing complaints there. Control of the media player using steering convenient and intuitive. Climate control in the car-band, the control algorithm complaints and questions they did not cause, with the work of his he copes by "5" - and what else is needed?

8. But the amount of luggage - 389 liters - seemed to me insufficient. For a fairly large sedan - it's not the value, the more that the same parameter is much higher than those of competitors. However, here, it seems to me, the amount sacrificed comfort in the cabin, especially in the back seat. However, if there is a need for free "bag-in-place", you can always fold the rear seat backs.

9. Let us turn to the most interesting moment of the test - test ride and features of the power unit. Let me remind you that all Honda Civic set the same 1.8-liter 16-klapannik. This motor carries a lot of potential, and is comparable in performance with some 2-liter counterparts. I liked the high-torque at any speed, the engine spins up instantly, in general, the horsepower Honda Civic in a very, very frisky. To check the engine in a "combat" conditions, I went to Moscow at night. Yes, this pair of "engine with automatic transmission" I must confess I did not expect - the dynamics Honda Civic cause involuntary respect. Start and accelerate to maximum speed in a matter of seconds - all this has led me to the state of ecstatic ... Moving at any speed by pressing the pedal feel solid acceleration, knowing that it is always possible to "squeeze" a little bit more ... Work 5-step robotic machine too pleased. Even the gear changes on their own, with paddles "petals", I was not able to surpass the automatic mode, the speed dial speed. This is the case when the control better person.

10. Sports events at Civic 4D does not take away. This is true not only of the power unit, because the character of the car has a huge impact handling. A Honda Civic operated perfectly. Nothing more and nothing less! Clear and predictable reaction of the car on the steering wheel, accelerator and brake can literally work wonders on the road. However, the cost to be careful, for the inexperienced driver steering wheel Honda may seem too "sharp", and together with the dynamic characteristics of this can be dangerous.

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12. So, what else can you say about the Honda Civic 4D? A car is definitely not "locked up" for use as a family - too frisky. But the practical interior was created, probably with the expectation of universal car. In general, how to use the car - only a matter of taste, but it is his possibilities are wide enough ... The downside? Of course, it is, as each car. Here are just a combination of advantages successfully masked from me bad moments and solutions. And this - the next praise the creators of the car. Is that on the curbs in search of a parking space is not particularly pokarabkaeshsya. In short, Honda Civic, and the already successful car got better. And, coming back to the question of the adequacy of the manufacturer's price, I can safely say - the car is worth it.