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Test Drive Honda Civic 5D: Growth Factor
This time, we had a new Hingtback Honda Civic 5D on our test. What has changed in it and how different it differs from his predecessor, we tried to find out.
When in 2005, the Russian market saw a new Honda Civic 5D, the queues for Space Hatchtback stretched almost a year ahead, and selling all the quotas on Russia, some dealers even stopped accepting orders for Sivik. Hondsov managed to truly revolutionary car, who immediately pulled the new audience. And this is despite the fact that the first restyling of Sivik did not have an automatic transmission, and the opponents of the mechanics had to be interrupted not too distilly in automatic mode with a robot.
The rear spoiler and lanterns garland have merged into one. It turned out at least, interesting. The glass of the fifth door is still divided into two parts, which essentially interferes with the review back.
After the update, a full-fledged 5-speed automatic appeared, and the queues in the car dealerships were gone. The reason was not too successful pricing policy, depending on the course of Japanese yen, and the absence of its own production in Russia. As a result, the price tag on Civic has grown, and demand has fallen significantly.
And here in the yard of 2012, and in the salons of the official Honda dealers there is a new generation Hatchtback. True, if you figure it out, I'm not so much new in Honda. The platform after the minimum modernization remained the same, the 1.8-liter motor only added a couple of horses and became a bit more economical, the suspension design almost did not change, and the 5-speed automatic was completely swore at the original form. So what is the new Sivique will be able to take a Russian buyer?
Hatchtback has retained the rear door handle stacks. The test machine was additionally equipped with pseudocarbon linings on bumpers and thresholds.
As in the case of the predecessor, the design of the news on the amateur. But if seven years ago, the bold forms of Hatchtback did almost a car of the future from Honda Civic, now the image of the car is perceived much calmer. The silhouette remained the same, the rear door handles, as before, are disguised in the rear racks, and the glass of the trunk lid is divided into two parts.
The front appeared new headlights and a predatory bumper with round fiction and new-fashioned strips of LED running lights, a slightly changed rearview mirrors, and the swollen wipers were replaced by traditional. Steaming along the bottom contour of the doors gave the sides of the hatchback the relief of the athlete bodybuilder, and the strip of the rear lamps and the spoiler were combined into a convex garland. Unusually, but stylish! You can regret only the absence of spectacular triangular exhaust pipes. Now the pipes disguised the rear bumper diffuser.
The new Sivique added markedly on the quality of materials. Salon worked perfectly. Compared to the last model, the design has become calmer and solid.
The interior concept with a two-story dashboard has been preserved. The devices on the lower tier were removed in deep wells, a new chubby steering wheel appeared. The central console was placed a new audio system, and the former extravagant climate control unit made traditional. And what is the quality of execution! Unlike the predecessor, all panels are soft, and in detail the interior is not worse than the reference Volkswagen Golf.
Places behind enough. As before, the sofa can be raised by freeing the considerable cargo compartment.
The front armchairs are not bad, and in the list of adjustments there is even the ability to control the rollers of lateral support. It is a pity that the height range is still lacking. Like the past Sivik, with my landing, the rim of the steering wheel is completely overlaps the second floor of a tidy with an electronic speedometer.
The places in the rear sofa are enough with a margin, and a small central tunnel allows you to feel it here with due comfort. I did not lose the new Sivik and the good features of the transformation of the cabin. The sofa can be folded almost in half with the floor, and you can simply raise, turning the back in a separate cargo compartment.
The volume of the trunk is 477 liters. Rear sofa folds almost twenty with floor. The presence of a subwoofer suggests that you are topical equipment.
The gasoline engine 1.8 I-VTEC has become powerful for only 2 liters. with. And now gives 142 liters. with. According to Hondovtsev, it is 10% more economical than the predecessor and is characterized by fewer harmful emissions into the atmosphere. In the basic configuration Lifestyle, the Japanese hatchback is equipped with a 6-speed MCP. The rest of the versions, including the top premium, visiting the test, have a 5-speed ACP in their arsenal.
Despite the fact that the motor has become a little more powerful and the Draft on medium-sized turns, and the bottoms of Honda still rises sluggish. And truly gambling hachtback becomes only when the tachometer arrow is selected to 5000 rpm. By the way, as before, the Honda engine - with a pronounced upper character and is easily spinning up to seven thousand.
In the most expensive configuration, Sivik is equipped with bi-xenon headlights. LED running lights are in all versions. 17-inch alloy wheels - prerogative of rich versions.
The automatic box works smoothly, but the speed is clearly lacking. The mischievous character of the hatchback requires greater rapidity, and partly it can be achieved with the help of sports regime or stealing petals, when the ACP tries to keep the motor in a tone, twisting each transmission to the maximum. But in general, the general picture does not change.
And remember how the last Sivik Lipa to the road and hard worked even the smallest irregularities? Forget. The new car has become another. Not having time to drive off from the parking lot and a couple of kilometers, I immediately pay attention to the significantly increased level of comfort. Yes. The result is obvious: Hachtbek has a normal smoothness of the stroke. In addition, the engine compartment noise insulation has improved. But with the arches they were not enough: noise from tires, as before, terrorizing the ears of passengers.
New Honda became more comfortable, improved smoothness and noise insulation. Handling from this was not worse, but the excitement compared to the predecessor Sivik was confused.
The steering has kept sharpness, but at the expense of a mitigated chassis, nervousness in the corners has become less. It is a pity that in zero, the steering wheel lacks a little effort, and the radius of the turn is still large enough. Unlike the predecessor, the new Honda turns turns more stepwise, in an adult, but also with a big roll. He moved with the speed at the entrance and the hatch predictably slipped outwards, threw the gas obediently launched into the skid. And all attempts of hooliganism immediately constrain the stabilization system. Brakes are well configured. From the former junior excitement and boasting there is no trace. The car has become more reliable. The current Civic shows all his appearance that he is ready to compete in Europe. And hopes of Hondovtsev are associated primarily with the British market, which gives their preference to the hatch C-class.
The dashboard saved its two-storey architecture, but the analog scales are now hidden into separate wells. Motor also starts with the button, but now the key can be left in your pocket. The ECON key includes an Eco Assist system, which mitigates the reaction to gas and less often includes the air conditioner compressor for the sake of fuel efficiency.
As for the Russian market, Honda is unlikely to count on a record sales and the reason for this is the price. Already in the basic configuration with MCP, a complete electric car, one-dimensional climate, heated seats and an audio system price for Civic is 849,000 rubles. For the ACP will have to pay more than 30 thousand rubles. And the price tag on the most expensive car with advanced adjustments of the chairs, bi-xenon, advanced audio system with the subwoofer, front and rear parking sensors, leather interior and glass roof is 1,079,000 rubles.
A source: Carclub.ru.
