Faults:

Nothing so far.

General Comments:

My Civic Sport in bright red with black alloy wheels really stands out among other hatchbacks on the road, I like the look of this car.

The good looks continue inside with black interior, stylish dash, and very comfortable seats. The car has all the modern electronics you would expect.

Ride is a little firm, but the car has fun handling and corners very well. 1.8 petrol engine might not seem powerful on paper looking at stats of just 140 bhp, but out on the open road it makes progress effortlessly and you can still manage to average around 44 mpg.

If you are looking for a fun reliable modern hot hatch, look no further than the Civic.

General Comments:

My first car was a 1991 Civic. It was nice, nice handling, and quite comfortable.

This 2015 Civic is a car I work with at my job. It has low miles and automatic transmission.

The first thing I noticed, is how cheap the interior materials have got over the years in the Civic. The dashboard under the windshield is so cheap, it looks like some plastic item from a dollar store. It is horrible, can't remember seeing this for a good 20-30 years in any car. It is even so poorly molded, they didn't even smooth the plastic edge that runs above the instrument panel. A toy from Toys "R" Us is better produced than this large piece of plastic.

Now, that may be just a big plastic piece, and not the whole car.

The rest of the interior has quite a bit of hard plastics; clearly worse than a Corolla or a Mazda 3. I also drive a Nissan Versa, and be shocked or not, the interior is more nicely done and finished in the Versa.

But the worst part I found to be the engine along with the transmission. This is the base engine, and it is weak, slow to react, and the transmission seems to be on a coffee break. I do not drive fast, I'm just talking about normal city traffic acceleration. Yes, if the gas pedal is floored, the engine wakes up and pulls, but in normal driving no one does that. There is also an Economy button, God forbid if you dare use it, the car transforms into an electric car from the amusement park.

The seats are OK, and surprisingly not too close to the floor. Entry and exit are reasonably easy. A pleasant surprise, there is enough leg room for a 6ft driver, allowing feet to rest on the pedals in a comfortable position. But not more than 6ft tall, as the roof is too low.

There is excellent visibility all around, except in the rear where it's not bad, but not great either. Great large rear view mirrors.

Steering wheel: here's some bad news. The Civic got such a numb steering wheel, it puts to shame some Nissan steering wheels. I would rather drive a bicycle than enjoy the steering wheel in the Civic. Absolutely feeling-less.

One more thing. I do not understand the use of the tachometer in this car. Not only it's an automatic, but the tachometer is large, poorly placed, and totally useless. Not to mention it stays most of the time at 2000RPM. It's not even funny to see it. Honda should just remove it from there, and leave just the top display which is already more than enough. Just cut the costs.