The Honda Civic is synonymous with Swindon and the 10th generation of the series is the lifeblood of its global manufacturing plant, so its good to find the newcomer is in good shape after a facelift. In fact, style is what the Civic is all about and it’s arguably one of the most immediately recognizable five-doors on the road and now enhanced by new nose and tail styling with a revised … [Read more...]
Weekend road test: Honda Civic 1.6 DTEC ES T Manual
Honda’s latest diesel engine has not moved the goal-posts in the market, it has introduced a completely new game and left existing players in the dressing room. We were accustomed to gradual economy and performance improvements with diesel engines but the new Honda i-DTEC 1.6 has taken big strides in economy, performance and low emissions. While pumping out just 94gkms of CO2, the … [Read more...]
At last, Honda has a credible Civic diesel to take on rivals
Although Honda is the world’s largest manufacturer of combustion engines, everything from garden equipment to outboard motors, to motorcycles to cars and many more including a new F1 engine, it was only 10 years ago they introduced their first diesel engine, a 2.2-litre four cylinder unit initially for their Accord range. This engine then went into their CR-V off-roader and latterly into the … [Read more...]
