2015 Honda Civic Sport Review - There’s an all-new Civic Sport spec, tested here, as well as other aesthetic alterations across the rest of the hatchback and Tourer property range, too. Styling improvements include new headlamps with integrated LED daytime jogging lights, and a reshaped front bumper. The hatchback also will get new side dresses and an updated back bumper, as well as Guided tail lights.
Honda Civic Sport 2015
The awkwardly placed boot spoiler remains - although it’s now finished in a classier piano black or body-coloured on the Sport model driven here - meaning rear visibility is just as compromised as before. Our mid-range Sport spec test car slot machines in between SE and SR trims, with prices starting from £19,615 for the 1.8-litre petrol manual. Honda Civic Sport 2015 interior
Updates continue inside, with new chrome entrance handles, door trims, seat fabrics as well as a metallic black fascia on the central cpanel being added.
Honda Civic Sport 2015 pan
Our check car was the slightly more expensive Activity Navi model, which comes with an integrated Garmin sat-nav system and is well worth the £610 premium. Usefulness remains a strong stage, with a generous 477-litre boot rising to 1,210 litres using the rear seats folded flat.
Honda Civic Sport
The Civic hatchback also comes with a new rear fender, side skirts, a rear spoiler finished in black, and LED rear mixture lamps. The Civic’s 477-litre and Civic Tourer’s 624-litre boot capacity continue to be the best in their specific segments. The 2015 Civic range will likely premiere the all-new Honda Connect in-car audio and information system. New Civic Sport derivative
The European Civic collection-up has become expanded with the development of a new derivative, the new Civic Sport. Each and every model in the 2015 Civic range will benefit from the addition of Honda’s City- Brake Active (CTBA) system as standard.
These days the Honda Civic is a slightly esoteric, leftfield selection in the largely uniform landscape of family members hatchbacks.
Can a modest mid-life facelift support broaden its charm? Now three years to the current-technology Civic’s lifespan, Honda has done a little light-weight scalpel work on the styling, boosted equipment levels slightly and busied itself with a bit of detail chassis adjustments. It’s also added a new model towards the range, the one we’re testing here: the Honda Civic Sport.
So, Honda Civic 2015: what is new?
Under the skin area there’s been a surprisingly extensive lineup of chassis tweaks: different damper costs, an altered directing rack and new anti-roll bushes and bars, all with the objective of improved stability and steering feel. Pricing's a little more competitive than before, with the facelifted model costing slightly less spec-for-spec than the pre-2015 range. Any interior changes in the 2015 Honda Civic?
What’s the Honda Civic Sport exactly about? Is it a warm hatch?
It comes with exactly the same suspension settings as the rest of the range, and there’s no power hike for its two available engines: either the 118bhp 1.6 diesel or 140bhp 1.8-litre fuel, both already familiarized from the pre-facelift Civic array. We drove the diesel.
Handily, Honda supplied a pre-facelift 2014 Civic to compare the updated model with. There’s perhaps a effect less bounciness on the new car’s ride, and there’s a bit more weight in the directing just past the directly ahead.
Verdict
The Honda Civic continues to be a wilfully various kind of hatchback, and that’s a good thing.
Specifications
- Engine: 1597cc 16v 4-cyl turbodiesel, 118bhp @ 4000rpm, 221lb feet @ 2000rpm
- Transmission: Six-speed manual, front-wheel drive
- Excess weight / material: 1425kg / steel
- Price when new: £20,820
- On sale in the united kingdom: Now
