Honda Civic

A class-action lawsuit between American Honda Motor Co. and plaintiffs who claimed the Japanese automaker overstated fuel-economy figures on Honda Civic Hybrids has been approved by a San Diego Superior Court Judge. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the lawsuit involves about 460,000 ...

Honda has taken it on the chin for its boring redesign of the Civic, but here's one thing it got really right: reducing the use of toxic chemicals as it manufactured the interiors. According to the Ecology Center's new report on HealthyStuff.org, the 2012 Civic uses the least amount of ...

Let the natural gas revolution begin. Tuesday marked the start of mass production of the 2012 Civic Natural Gas at Honda Manufacturing of Indiana (HMIN). HMIN will rapidly ramp-up output of the Civic Natural Gas to meet anticipated demand for the clean-burning compact. As part of the ramp-up, ...

As we've stated before, there's truly no greater sin in the automotive world than replacing a worthy vehicle with an inferior machine. According to Consumer Reports, that's exactly what Honda has done... again. With the 2012 redesign, the Honda Civic Hybrid has fallen off CR's Recommended list. ...

What does it take to impress Consumer Reports? Getting an overall 30 mpg helps, but that sort of fuel economy wasn't enough to save the Honda Civic LX from falling from CR's recommended list in the watchdog group's latest report on small sedans and hatchbacks. The Civic, which had been a ...

American Honda has selected environmental consulting firm Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA) to promote the 2012 Civic Natural Gas. GNA will work with Honda to market the natural gas-fueled Civic in 19 states across the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Newly redesigned for ...

Though its miles per gallon rating rings in at 44/44/44 (that's city/highway/combined), the all-new 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid is no match for the third-generation, 51/48/50 mpg Toyota Prius that debuted as a 2010 model year vehicle. Sure, the 2012 Civic Hybrid is more fuel-efficient than its ...

For the first time in half a decade, a Chevrolet topped the compact vehicle list in sales in the U.S. The Chevy Cruze, with recorded sales of 22,711 units in May, beat the compact competition. Alan Batey, U.S. vice-president of Chevrolet sales and service, says that:

The launch of the redesigned 2012 Honda Civic could not have been more ill-timed. Honda's compact is available now, but with supply crimped by the earthquake in Japan, Honda dealers in the U.S. reportedly have less than two weeks worth of 2012 Civics on hand. John Mendel, American Honda ...

The 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid is officially rated at 44/44/44 city/highway/combined, but the folks over at Hybrid Cars have squeezed 68.7 mpg out of their test unit. By using some hypermiling techniques on a ten-mile course consisting of country lanes, some light highway motoring and with a ...