We found the Civic is comfortable to drive which is nice to drive, and plenty of windows offering excellent outward visibility.
The Civic comes standard with side impact airbags and other safety features are optional on some competing models.
Vehicle Stability Assist, which is the name of Honda, for electronic stability control is standard for Civic EX-L, Hybrid, and Si.
The Civic Si sport coupe and sedan share the 197-horsepower engine, six-speed manual transmission, four-wheel disc brakes, and supportive sport seats.
The Civic Hybrid sedan is powered by a 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine coupled with a permanent magnet electric motor and a continuously variable transmission.
The Hybrid model has significantly reduced emissions, and offers an EPA rated 40/45 mpg City / Highway.
The Civic GX sedan uses natural gas for gas fuel.Natural is available to residents of California and New York and used by fleets elsewhere.
For 2010 Honda Civic line is essentially unchanged from 2009, when the styling was freshened.The Civic Last redesigned for the 2006 model year.
The 2010 Honda Civic Average credibility of 8.0 to 10 is the predicted reliability rating provided by JD Power and Associates. automotive studies Power, in particular the Vehicle Reliability Study (VDS) and the Initial Quality Study (IQs).
basic guarantee for all Honda Civics are good for the first three years or 36,000 miles, with powertrain coverage for five years or 60,000 miles and the corrosion protection for the first five years.
The Honda Civic sedan has a mask with a tall trapezoidal center opened secondary scoop-like openings or side.A grid-like insert in the opening center contrasts with a cyclone-type fence on the side balls.
Save for a lower body character line, the sides of the Civic is more than fun sensuous.Understated fender blisters break up the otherwise featureless area.
The rear spoiler wraps over the edge outboard of the trunk of the sedan; On the coupe, spoiler free standing.Both sedan and coupe roll on its own, unique alloy wheels them.
The Hybrid is understated, with only a small sign Hybrid under the right rear taillight.Our least favorite feature is the pseudo-aero wheels, which look like they were cut from pizza pans.
We find the Civic LX sedan the most comfortable model.The DX edges more towards spartan inside, while the EX head to lush.Fit and finish meets the standards of Honda.
Tiny front quarter windows on the sedan, necessary to allow the front door windows to roll all the way down, press the side rear view mirrors a bit too backward for quick and easy glances at neighboring lanes.
Cars share triaktino handlebars coupe (with radii of 3, 6 and nine positions), which matches the spacey domestic issue as well.
The navigation system includes Civic Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, a wireless telephone interface that works with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones to operate hands-free, through the steering wheel.
Centered in the dash above the climate control panel is a stereo control head with the appropriate equipment but no navigation system, so this space is shared with a window that combines LCD navigation display with audio settings.
When it comes to interior space, the coupe and sedan Civic compete with other cars in classes.Almost oversized rear doors provide easy rear seat access.But bench seat in the back is flat and do little to keep passengers in place in spinning.
The 2010 Honda Civic doing very well in crash tests by the Government, earning a top rating of five stars for driver and passenger safety in a collision front-end, and rear passenger safety in a side collision.
Earns four-star rating for driver safety in side impact, which is still impressive.
Another four-star rating in rollover tests mean that the Civic has a 10 percent chance of rollover in a single vehicle crash, which is good for the category.
The insurance industry has not yet had the opportunity to try out the 2010 Civic, but the 2009 model has fared very well in testing the model sedan, which received a "Top Pick Safety" award.
Both two-and four-door Civic has taken over scores of "good" in both frontal and rear tests crash protection. The four-door model earned the same score of "good" in side impact tests, while two doors still did quite well in the test with a score of "Acceptable."
All Civics come with a set of standard safety features, including six airbags, anti-lock brakes with electronic brake distribution frame and active headrests for both driver and front passenger.
