Honda Civic Automatic Review

This is the first occasion when that the Civic has been offered with a diesel auto alternative. The mix is accessible with both the five-entryway hatchback variation and the as of late presented four-entryway cantina – and you can likewise arrange it with any of the Civic's horde trim levels.

The I-DTEC motor produces 118bhp at 4,000rpm and 300Nm of torque at 2,000rpm - enough to take the nine-speed auto Civic from 0-62mph out of 11 seconds and on to a best speed of 124mph. The auto is less productive than the manual Civic yet despite everything it oversees CO2 discharges of 108g/km for the four-entryway, and 109g/km for the hatchback.

By differentiate, the Ford Focus Titanium X 1.5 EcoBlue 120PS (eight-speed) auto oversees 113g/km – however is the best piece of a second quicker to 62mph and costs £25,160. In any case, neither the Ford nor the Honda can coordinate the diesel auto variant of the present Golf; with 113bhp and a seven-speed double grasp DSG, it takes 10.7 seconds to achieve 62mph yet returns CO2 emanations of only 103g/km. It costs £25,090 in SE Nav trim.

Past the crude numbers, however, the Civic puts forth a good defense for itself. The gearbox has entirely smooth movements and its nine proportions implies that it can keep the revs decent and low. That is a cunning move, in light of the fact that somewhat of a grate begins to exude from under the cap at around 2,400rpm, and it raises to a clack not long after that.

The auto appears to be quick to move up at around 2,250rpm rather – and soon thereafter the I-DTEC motor isn't generally any more grumblesome than a considerable lot of the three-chamber petroleum motors that overwhelm this territory of the market. You'd be hard-pushed to know the distinction on a motorway – separated from the reality you'll be making substantially less successive fuel stops in the diesel.