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As with its predecessor, the drive harmonizes well with the manual gearbox, the 2.2 CTDi gearshift can move confidently into the city and runs on a long haul. The well-graded gear also spoiled with a nice crisp shift feeling.
So wonderfully great and the only available diesel may also be: The Civic is now missing a small, highly efficient diesel savings, such as Honda admits self-critical. This will not change anything but only in the medium: Well before the end of 2012 is a 120-hp 1.6-liter and large aggregate downsizing, which aims to be a consumption of under four liters will be realized.
Also not quite up to date appear to speed-hungry gasoline. Here is the predecessor of the famous vacuum cleaner with 100 and 142 hp. Wants the stronger of the two petrol engines of 1.8 liters must be demanded by the gas pedal when you retrieve its full performance potential. After all, beyond the 4,000 rpm are even fashionable sporty driving pleasure, to the topless lively four-cylinder enable a standard sprint in 8.7 seconds and make do with 5.8 liters of gasoline theoretically to 100 kilometers. Make her feel but the currently hot, turbocharged downsized engines anymore, because they can inspire plenty of pulling power from the bottom out at some lower standard consumption. But Honda’s organ still has a certain charm.
The old man still has it fully on it
Amaze us could on our test drive, incidentally, the eighth generation Civic 2.2 CDTi with the old, ready to put the Honda in the press launch of the new edition also for test drives. It was the old diesel despite its nominally poorer driving performance even livelier idea, put the accelerator and felt during acceleration caused by spontaneous and also his strong pipes for a certain emotional touch. This was given up to the new, more cultured diesel and this gives only a very discreet yet be Dieselnaturell acoustically to the occupants.
Also prepares the special joys of the old Civic dynamically tuned suspension, which accurately located in the fast corners on the road and its fascination with superb steering feedback. The new edition has Honda missed a comparatively reasonable agreement in which, instead of a hydraulic power steering is now a consumption-effective electromechanical variant is used. This is basically pleasant and offers the same steering ratio, but still acts as a synthetic one idea at the old Civic.
Clearly more comfortable Honda has also tuned the chassis. Even on coarse unevenness of the compact Honda rolls right across left, but conveys no spongy feeling. However, the rear axle slightly shifted with particularly nasty cross joints. Anyone familiar with the new Civic will be particularly wants to travel fast, but certainly get their money. The old man may go a little faster in pure curves, with the new one comes out for something faster.
