Test drive Honda Civic sedan 2006 - 2008 sedan

Golf warfare field

League of real champions
The hatchbacks become better, more and their sales are constantly growing. Here they are the heroes of our time: Volkswagen Golf, Honda Civic, Citroen C4 and Peugeot 307. They are sold out so quickly that it was not easy to choose cars in the same trim levels for the test. As a result, we got Golf and C4 with 1.6-liter engines and machine guns, the two-liter 307th is also with an automatic transmission and a Civic with a 1.8 liter engine and mechanics. However, it is for the better, because often in this situation is the buyer who has to choose from what is.
A rare case: having built this four in a row, you can consider the evolution of a utilitarian car for half a century

Who is what
Peugeot 307
The price of a tested car is $ 25,300
Max. Power 143 liters. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b200 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 10 s
 
Citroen C4
The price of a tested car is $ 18 650
Max. Power 110 liters. With.
Max. speed 188 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 12.4
Volkswagen Golf
The price of a tested car is $ 22 627
Max. Power 102 l. With.
Max. speed 181 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 12.5
 
Honda Civic
The price of a tested car is $ 24 900
Max. Power 140 liters. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b205 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 8.9
 
HOW DO THEY LOOK
Nikita Rozanov
OUTSIDE
I want to rename a golf class with such participants. For example, in the C4-class or a civil class. Both are worthy of a model of modern design. No worse and brighter Astra, and the updated Peugeot 307. The founder of the VW classification is also younger and in comparison with the silhouettes of 4 generations of its predecessors drawn on the line, it looks quite sensual sketch on the topic of a modern idea of \u200b\u200bdynamics. The recognition from the face of the whole five is impeccable and, even if you dismantle the emblems, it is almost impossible to confuse someone with a competitor. For example, Citroen stylists generally have a radiator lining in the form of an emblem. Also, the sign is now the upper part of the Civic and Peugeot 307 cladding. The pool -shaped silhouette of a Japanese car is out of competition! Compared to him, the rest simply froze in place. The situation is not saved even by a defiantly nose profile of a waist. And CIVIC also has a lot of cool and mischievous details, the main of which is masked in the manner of Alfa Romeo, the sign of the fuel neck and the stunning dynamics of the waist line, which pierces the anterior wheel the arch, takes off up and dissolves in vortex aerodynamic streams. The remaining participants in the test in terms of silhouettes look calm and reasonable, and Golf is the completely unshakable set of rules. But if you roll Civic around the corner, then they will boil the energy and its lines, surfaces and faces. As usual, the composition and drawing of the back of the body in the mass class quietly and calmly completes the laid on the sidewall, without heating up or exalting the created image. But Civic again overtakes the foundations of the golf class architecture. For example, try to find the boundaries of the back wall of the body. They are not, as there is no orange. Another thing is German design: everything is borders quite traditionally. There are also few jewelry, and they include a drawing of lanterns of all cars without exception and a chrome plank with identification inscriptions.
INSIDE
Everyone is worthy of praise. First of all, for the integrity of the image, which is close to the ideal. That's just Citroen went through with eccentricity, but it is worth remembering that there is a more radical look of a three -door, and you can stop paying attention to this. Moreover, both visual information and the algorithms of inclusion are original and thought out to the smallest detail. The exception is for some reason the central pillow of the steering pillow made by the stationary. How to use service buttons located on it is not clear. The interior of Golf, as always, rationality itself, Peugeot is corporate and restrained, but Civic balances on the verge of a foul, which, however, you immediately forget, it is worthwhile only to get the headlights.
SUMMARY
I think everyone is satisfied: both CIVIC and C4 are intended for radicalism, and supporters of softer pressure from the stylists are 307th, and even I, VW Golf, amateur.
 
Text Anton Ivanov
Photo Alexander Nozdrin
 

Source: Cars