As the top three selling passenger cars in North America over the past 52 years, Honda has sold over 15 million Civic’s. And in this its 11th generation, the 2025 Civic was just named North American Car of the Year for a record 4th time, making it the most honored model in the history of the award. In addition to that, Edmunds.com named the Civic hybrid the Best of the Best. Along with that they gave it “Edmunds Top Rated Car” award for the 3rd time.
Civic is available in sedan, hatchback, hybrid and in LX, Sport Hybrid and in Sport Touring Hybrid that we were privileged to test. Interestingly, the hybrid version is now accounting for 40 percent of Civic sales.
Civic have a slippery, suave, chiseled look and its back end adds a slight trunk lip spoiler and narrow Ovid-shaped tailpipes for a sporty look to coincide with its Sport badging.
With heated, leather front seats that are nicely supportive and heavily padded, Civic has a roomy interior. The rear seats can accommodate two adults or three youngsters with ample headroom and decent leg room provided the fronts aren’t racked well-rearward. Ingress, egress is good with wide opening rear doors.
Atop the vertical stack is a vivid 9-inch touchscreen that offers Bose audio, Google Assistant, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Alexa, Wi-Fi connectivity and more. While it had FM radio, it did not have AM or satellite radio. The touchscreen also displays the selected drive modes and a rearview camera with three selectable views.
HVAC controls are large and easy to view and use. It shares the vertical stack with a large and wireless phone charging pad. It’s combined with a robust, leather covered gear selector for the automatic transmission that’s supplemented with sporty paddle shifters along with a drive mode switch for Econ, Normal, Sport and Individual modes that display on the infotainment screen. The latter mode allows the driver to tailor their own driving preferences.
Over on the 10.2-inch digital gauge cluster, it displays selected drive modes plus has a driver information display within in for alerts, features and functions. For an extra sporty touch, brushed aluminum sport pedals are included.
In the spacious trunk with the rear seats upright, there’s 24.5 cubic feet of cargo space that offers 40.5 inches of cargo loading depth. Flip the seatbacks and loading depth increases to 72 inches, a full six feet. And below the trunk floor are two, 6-inch deep foam bins for small item storage. It shares the space with a tire inflator kit.
As a hybrid, it employs Honda’s powerful two-motor system that received Ward’s 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems award. This was the second year in a row that this system received this prestigious hybrid-electric award.
Combined with the 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine, it generates 200-hp and 232 lb/ft of torque. Coupled to the automatic transmission, Civic Hybrid earned EPA mileage estimates of an impressive 50 city, 47-highway mpg. So powered, Civic had good linear acceleration with added spunk when in Sport mode. In Econ mode, it’s most miserly, fuel wise.
Civics’ handling and ride comes courtesy of a spring and damper system along with special Continental 18-inch tires that were developed especially for the Civic hybrid. This troika of technology contributes to Civic’s class-leading quiet, comfortable ride and precise handling. With its electric power steering system, it allows a tight 38.1 curb-curb turning radius for easy parking.
My test car came with a long list of safety features such as rear side airbags, front rear cross traffic alert, driver attention monitor, blind spot information system, front/rear parking sensors, low speed braking control, forward mitigation braking system with pedestrian detection, lane keeping assist system, roadside departure mitigation, traffic jam assist and more. On the amenity side, there was a sunroof, rain sensing wipers, heated power door mirrors, plus a few more goodies.
Price wise, the only option listed was $455 for Urban Gray exterior paint since. This test car was a pre-production model that was not for sale, Car & Driver Magazine gave it an estimated average price range of $32,845 to $33,300 (depending on options) for the Sport Touring tested.
Civic’s have also been named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety plus it earned a top 5-star overall government safety score; five for driver, four for passenger frontal crash; five each for front/rear seat side crash; and five for rollover from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The 2025 Civic Hybrid comes with a 3 year/36K mile vehicle warranty while the powertrain is covered for 5/60K miles. The hybrid battery receives an 8/100K mile warranty along with free scheduled maintenance for 2/24K miles.
A close friend, who has a Mercedes in his garage, has a new Civic as his daily driver to his shop, shopping, dining and visiting friends. He’s owned six Civic’s over the past several years as he’s
With all these accolades buyers can’t go wrong with a top-selling Civic, especially the economical hybrid version that can double as a daily commuter car or family sedan. Its popularity speaks for itself.
