Honda civic 2010
The 2010 Honda Civic styling is unchanged, though if you pop the hood on an Si model you’ll see the color of its plastic engine shroud is now black instead of silver. This eighth-generation Civic was introduced for model-year 2006, bringing to the small-car field an artsy sense of design inside and out. No rival has quite matched it for sophisticated good taste, and Honda kept the look contemporary with some “mid-cycle” updates for model-year 2009. These are evident on the 2010 Honda Civic and include slightly sharper definition to the grille and lower front bumper. Headlights and taillights transitioned to trendy clear turn signal lenses with amber bulbs, and several models got new alloy wheel designs. Although it doesn’t have the longest body in the class, no compact competitor has a longer wheelbase than the Honda Civic four-door sedan. This 106.3-inch span between front and rear axles defines the space available for the passenger compartment. In wheelbase and overall body length, Civic’s two-door coupe is about two inches shorter than the sedan. That’s in keeping with a jauntier demeanor that sacrifices rear-seat room to swoopy styling; the difference is driven home by a roofline a significant three inches lower than the sedan’s.
Honda civic 2010
All Civics have front-wheel drive and are well-served by smooth-running four-cylinder engines. The powertrain lineup segues into 2010 intact. A 140-horsepower 1.8-liter does duty in the three main Civic models: base DX, volume LX, and upscale EX. These cars come with manual or automatic transmission, both of which have five speeds. The sporty Si coupe and sedan have a 197-horsepower 2.0-liter linked exclusively to a six-speed manual. The Honda Civic Hybrid comes as a sedan only and combines a 1.3-liter gas engine with an electric motor for a total of 110 horsepower. The electric motor can propel the Civic Hybrid for very short distances on battery power alone but mostly acts as an assist to the engine. This helps save fuel and lower emissions by allowing use of a smaller gas engine and by enabling the engine to shut off at stops and then restart automatically as the driver depresses the accelerator. The Hybrid employs a continuously variable transmission, or CVT. A CVT acts like an automatic transmission but dispense with set gear ratios in favor of a rheostat-like delivery of power. The Civic GX sedan has a 113-horspower 1.8-liter powered exclusively by natural gas. This near-zero-emissions car is available to retail customers in California, Utah, and New York.
The 2010 Civic Hybrid comes only as a sedan equipped similarly to the EX models, though it excludes the sunroof and split fold-down rear seat. The 2010 Civic Hybrid starts at $24,510. It’s $25,710 with leather upholstery, $26,510 with a navigation system, and $27,710 with both leather and navigation. The natural-gas-powered GX sedan is priced at $26,050.
Features of Honda Civic 2010:
(1).EPA fuel economy ratings for the 2010 Honda Civic DX, LX, EX, and EX-L models are 26/34 mpg (city/highway) with manual transmission, 25/36 with automatic. The 2010 Honda Civic Si models rate 21/29
and are the only Civics for which Honda requires you use gas with an octane rating of 91 or higher.
(2).Fuel economy ratings for the 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid are 40/45 mpg (city/highway). Note that Honda’s hybrid system favors highway fuel economy because it’s not designed to maximize the amount of electrically powered propulsion. Rather, it uses battery power to supplement the gas engine. By contrast, the hybrid system in rival Toyota models, including the Prius, returns better mileage in the city than on the highway. That’s because they’re designed to propel the car on battery power away from a stop and around town for as long as possible before the gas engine kicks in.
(3).The Honda hybrid technology integrated motor assist IMA system consists of a super-efficient 1.3 liter, 8 valve i-VTEC 4- cylinder gasoline engine paired with a lightweight, high-output electric motor, which adds extra power when needed.
(4).The Civic Hybrid is outfitted with a smooth continuosly variable transmission (CVT) which combines the ease of an automatic with the efficiency of a manual. An idle-stop feature automatically shuts off the hybrid’s gasoline engine when you stop, so you help keep the air cleaner while saving on gas.
(5).There’s no ala carte selection of options. Every Civic comes with antilock brakes, a tilt/telescope steering wheel, a height-adjustable driver’s seat, and power windows. Notable features include antiskid control to stabilize the car in changes of direction; it’s standard on the Civic EX-L, Hybrid, and Si.
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