Although the standard, the ninth generation Honda Civic on the road almost without fervor, the small car icon became more comfortable, more advanced and easier to live with as it matures. As it did with conventional model Honda has made a significant number of improvements to the Civic Hybrid 2012. Moreover, like the non-hybrid Civic, Honda has taken a cautious approach, and the amount of change to something to revolution.More importantly for the year 2012, the third generation hybrid internal combustion engines now moves 1.5 liters and produces 90 horsepower and 97 lb.-ft. of torque, three horses less, but eight pound-feet of the previous car 1.3 liter four. Sandwiched between the engine and a continuously variable automatic transmission is a powerful electric motor power which adds 23 and 78 lb-ft to the composition, lighter and more powerful battery behind the rear seat is using chemistry to lithium instead of nickel-metal hydride batteries. The combined power remains at 110, but the couple up to four foot-pounds at 127.
Honda says the electric motor alone can power the vehicle up to 43 miles per hour, but along 600 miles of mixed driving, we've never heard of the passing car without the gasoline engine works. Pressing the "ECON" on the dashboard is a "while relaxing on the accelerator, recalibrate power systems for maximum efficiency, and force you to putt around as if he were half dead.
With a fully charged battery and 27 pounds less to carry than the previous Civic Hybrid, we tested the new vehicle reaches 60 mph in 10.1 seconds and run the quarter mile in 17.7, pleasant, but even better 0.7 and 0.6 seconds respectively.
Also consumption ratings of 40 mpg city and jump into the 43 on the highway 44/44. More aggressive than normal driving cycles, for us, captured an average of 37 miles per gallon, a decrease in the observed 40 mpg we saw from the previous model. But driving with confidence, and the real world of cancellation must be low in the 40's. The best C-segment cars conventionally powered Civic can deliver tangible results, not too far from the tip of the Civic Hybrid. We net 39 miles per gallon in mixed driving 1000 km and no nonsense hypermiling Chevrolet Cruze Eco [November 2011].
As expected, the Civic Hybrid is a very dynamic vehicle with wheels 15 inch wheels with low rolling resistance that limit membership to only 0.77 g allows 196 meters before stopping amazing to go from 70 mph. The CVT has a sport mode "S", which has higher speeds for better throttle response, but also exaggerates the buzz gross motor load. In addition, regenerative braking are difficult to modulate Grabby, numbness-yet-quick electric steering makes frequent adjustments at high speeds, and the integration of electricity and gas is less smooth for some time.
Like all Civic sedans, the new hybrid has a more spacious interior, with three extra inches of room to move in front and about two inches of legroom in the rear. In combination with its high emissions, the cabin feels airy, and many hard plastics are better than before.
Niggles include front seats with lumbar support, and a continuous series of small buttons on the center console, apparently designed to be operated by the fingers of fairies.
The redesign of the conservative HONDA Civic Hybrid bridge and futuristic, with minor changes, including a different grille, aluminum wheels, fog with blue accents, and LED taillights.
From $ 24 820, the premium for the hybrid is about $ 3,500 more than it refers equipped Civic EX sedan. Our test vehicle called me on top of $ 27 520, leather seats and navigation. That's money Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrid thousands more. And while the new Civic Hybrid has slightly reduced the gap with the fuel economy of Toyota, the Prius is 50 mpg overall EPA is still far. And with the continuous improvement of traditional gasoline engines in recent years, the Civic Hybrid is in a precarious situation to arrive, and the relative simplicity and economy of fuel system suction traditional C-segment, or the stratospheric EPA numbers bothers Toyota
