2016 Honda Civic 1.5T Touring Sedan Review - It's That Good! 

Howard Johnson We're happy we could help, Howard Johnson. Thanks for watching!

Howard Johnson Any issues yet? I had some infotainment issues that took two dealership service department visits to get fixed. Other than that, this car has become my everyday driver. Weekday and weekends.

+Tony Stone Congratulations on your new car, Tony Stone! We're sure you'll love it. And feel free to comment back on here if you have any other anecdotes that you'd like to share about the 2016 Civic. Thanks for watching!

Thank you, Sean Anthony! We appreciate you!

Nice! Thanks for watching!

+Nathan Adams Yes, Honda is making moves that should prove to be very beneficial, Nathan Adams. We honestly hadn't thought about Honda much over the past few years except for good transportation, but now it seems as though they are trying to bring more emotion back into the equation. As for Acura, stay tuned. We just started working on a cool hybrid from them. Thank you for the kind words and for your support!

+ldawson103 We feel ya, Idawson103. We feel ya. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

+hypershadow87 he's not comparing to previous Civic, he's referring to the SI coming. no its not an SI and it has 174hp...meaning imagine what the new SI will have. this car can't compare with any previous Civic, its even better than a ILX

+KEINOMADDONE Your payment is on its way, KEINOMADDONE. What color Twizzlers do you like? Chris prefers red.

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+Gmood1 Thank YOU, Gmood1. We are happy you enjoyed it. As you saw, we agree that it is truly a great car in many ways. Thank you again for your comments and the kind words. We appreciate your support!

So nothing is wrong with it, u just made a bad choice?

+rob lipiec So were we, rob lipiec! It's amazing all the tech that you can get in cars nowadays, and it's truly amazing when they are cars like the Honda Civic. Thanks for watching!

We're happy we were able to help, hirundine. Thank you for the kind words and for watching, too!

It's a great car, J High. Enjoy!

+lukash kowcz You are correct, lukash kowcz. We appreciate you keeping us on our toes. And we appreciate you watching, too!

The 2.0 4 banger is adapted from the Europe car. So technically he was right.

We're glad you enjoyed our review, alauha94. The new Civic is a really nice car and we think you'll be happy with it. Thank you for your kind words and thanks for watching, too!

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+Fadic 4 Yeah, the Si should be pretty sick on this current gen Civic. It truly was impressive how nice that Touring model was, even with the CVT. We appreciate you, Fadic 4!

+AutoAcademics you're not the first reviewer to say that about a Honda cvt. A lot of reviewers like Honda cvt and say they're very un-cvt like compared to nissan and other CVTs

***** We actually feel as though Nissan does a decent job with their CVTs also (well, for the most part), but the one in this Civic was pretty decent.

+Johnny Watts Ha! Well, better late than never, Johnny Watts. LOL And your're correct, the S gear does add a little more responsiveness than D does. Enjoy that Civic. We sure did! Thanks for watching.

+MrHitman246 This is one of those cars that you need to see in person, MrHitman246. When it's clean, and the sun is hitting it just right, and those LED headlights...it definitely doesn't look like any previous Civic. We appreciate you. Thanks for watching!

Honda did a really good job on this one, Anthony D. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing, Nicole Betancourt. And maybe we have to come to terms with the fact that the touch volume control is fine and we are the problems. Sure is lonely here on anti-touch volume slider island. At least you didn't curse at us. Anyway, thanks for watching!

Omg lol Do I have like a rep now? I only had that argument with that gentleman because he was terribly misinformed and unnecessary ...But, you're welcome! lol :)

Nicole Betancourt LOL No, we know nothing about your past exploits, Nicole. We were referring to another person who went into a fit about the touch volume controls a few days earlier. You were at least polite about it and we appreciate that. Check out some of our other videos, if you haven't already. We'd love to hear your thoughts. On second thought... :)

AutoAcademics Nope the new Accord have volume and tuning knobs. Honda learned their lesson and I hope for 2018 refresh for the civic they put phyiscal knobs .

Hi John L. First let me give my disclaimer that my words are my own and not those of AutoAcademics, blah, blah, blah. Ok. Now that that's out of the way, it truly depends upon what you are looking for in a car. While the Civic and Mazda3 are similar in many ways, they go about it slightly differently. The Mazda3 focuses on driving dynamics more so than anything else, which is why I think it's a nice car. The 2016 Civic, while having good driving dynamics, is now a little more mature in its presentation with a quality interior and great tech. Both deliver good fuel economy (the Civic is actually better), but I really like the styling of the Mazda3 hatchback right now. With all that being said, if it were my only car, I'd probably go with the Civic with all its bells and whistles and decent driving dynamics. However, because I am currently hoping to add a fun car to my stable, in addition to my wagon, I'd probably go with the Mazda3 hatch with a manual transmission. Hope I didn't confuse you more, John L. LOL We appreciate you watching and let us know what you end up getting. Happy shopping!

Nice! Congrats, kali collins, and thanks for watching!

Thank you very much, Rarrrrrr. (did we use enough of the letter "r"?) We're happy you enjoyed it. If you haven't done so already, please consider subscribing to our channel. We can use all the help we can get! LOL Thank you again for sharing and for watching!

Thank you for sharing about your car, David James. And thank you for the kind words, too!

yw...I traded in my 13 Civic Ex for my 16 Ex and it was kinda like I traded in a Honda for an Acura...lol...kinda.. I wonder why Honda didn't make their 1.8 engine that's been in the Civic forever into a turbo instead of the Fit"s 1.5??

+Rahuley Shar Chris is black? LOL We appreciate the compliments, Rahuley Shar. And if you haven't done so already, please consider subscribing to our channel. We can use all the help we can get. Thanks again!

+Rahuley Shar Why do you have to bring up that he is black? Who cares? He does good work, his skin color means nothing.

bikephil Thank you for the kind words, bikephil!

Ok. My bad. I take my words back. First of all, i didn't want to offend anybody. I am indeed happy to see a black man giving excellent reviews. It is not a sin or a crime to mention a black man? or is it? If it is than i am deeply saddened and sorry. In this world we live in now, everything you say can be back fired at you!!

Rahuley Shar No harm done, Rahuley Shar. And no offense was taken, either. You are correct that this world is not perfect, but we, at AutoAcademics, are trying to do our part 1 car at a time (among other things). Now back to business. Have you subscribed yet? :)

+therealme812 We had a mix of ECON mode and the regular mode during testing, but we never "babied" the throttle. We wanted to enjoy the car while we had it, and enjoy it we did. Unfortunately, we don't remember what the full tank cruising range was and it would be a disservice to you to try to speculate. Thank you for your comments and for watching, too!

Cruising range would be 35mpg averaged x fuel tank size (I believe 11.2 gallons).

And the downsides are? Besides the lack of power from a dead stop and the (in our opinion) frustrating touchscreen volume slider, what else is there to complain about? Is this a perfect car? No, but for the price it is definitely a really good car, and possibly tops in its category for 2016. We appreciate your comments and are curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks for watching!

I just recently got the Honda Civic EX and I loveeeeee it, and so do all my friends! It's a great car for its price.

Panda Congrats on your new car, Panda. Thank you for sharing and for watching, too!

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+JLeonCali Thank you, JLeonCali. We truly appreciate your support. And thanks for watching, too!

+AutoAcademics you are very welcome.

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+Stéphane (Byakine) Thank you very much, Stephane! We truly appreciate your support.

+Lawrence Khellendrose (Khellendros) I have not heard about all of these issues with the new Civics. Do you know of any links where I can read more about these problems???

+Lawrence Khellendrose (Khellendros) Hi, Lawrence Khellendrose (Khellendros). With regards to the issues that you (or others) may have experienced when driving the 2016 Civic, we can only report on what we experience. And in our experience the car was really good. We did not hear any rattles and the only surging that we think people may have experienced could be coming from turbo lag / turbo boost. If you recall in our video around 5:14, we alluded to how if the turbo is not spooled up, you will experience what feels like zero power, because unfortunately, that is what a 1.5L engine in a car has....zero power. LOL That is, unless it uses forced induction (turbocharging or supercharging) like this Civic, but the turbo needs to be active to make the necessary power. We also have to keep in mind that this car has a CVT, not a traditional transmission, so it is always "changing" its gearing which can cause a loss of boost while cruising at 45 mph. If the driver wants to go faster, he/she gives more throttle input than might be necessary in a naturally aspirated engine, the turbos eventually spool up, and now you have all 174-hp surging when you weren't expecting it. Finally, any and all updates to the audio must have been resolved, as the only issue we had with it was that dang touchscreen volume slider. Now obviously, these our just our experiences with this car and we're not saying that some or all of your concerns haven't happened. They just didn't happen to us. We appreciate your comments and hope this explains our views on the 2016 Civic. Thanks for watching!

+AutoAcademics the audio issues takes time to surface. I had the first issue after about a week. as for the surging, it occurs only when holding a set speed either on cruise or off cruise. According to the boost Guage the turbo is not indicating any boost when it's surging.

+Doug Celeste Google search 2016 Honda civic surging or audio issues. the main forum with the issues is on covicx forums.

+Lawrence Khellendrose (Khellendros) Thanks for the info!

Sorry for the late reply. This got lost in the mix, but thank you for the kind words and for watching, BlowinUPinMIA!

That is true, zahir batin. But to be honest, this engine is pretty decent, as is. Let's wait and see what Honda does with the Si, though. Thanks for watching!

+Alex Garcia A manual will help... a bit. But the turbo lag will still present itself unless you regularly slip or dump the clutch in an effort to keep the revs up. This, however, still does not take away from our feelings about this car. We appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!

+Contane 21 We wouldn't worry about value unless you plan on getting one and not driving it. Being a Type R, it's resale value will be worth more than the other models, but that will be relative. They sell A LOT of Civics around the world and it will be 30 years before true value would even possibly come into play. We say, if you get one, enjoy it!

+gladdy02 Was this the car that you were expecting a poor review on, gladdy02? You have to watch and listen carefully. Chris (our presenter) has a rather clever way of expressing negative attributes in a positive way. While there was very little to critique on the all-new 2016 Civic (because yes, we really do like it), there are definitely vehicles that we have not been very fond of in one way or another. Long story short, no one likes to be talked about in a bad way, and this includes car manufacturers. If we start bashing cars for the sake of bashing them, the manufacturers will stop giving them to us to test. We're sure you can understand the impact of that. So we ask that you watch and listen carefully to get the entire message that we are sending about each car. We appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!

+Native722 Ha! We do see a family resemblance, Native722, in both the front and the rear at certain angles. Thanks for watching!

That's a tough one, tanush216. Originally, we'd say it depends on if you want a hatchback or a sedan, but now that Honda has recently announced the hatchback Civic, we'd have to try that one first before making a decision. We loved the tech in the Civic, but the Golf is a buttoned up and mature driver. We like that new Civic 1.5T engine, but if you start talking GTI with the DSG, now you've got an entirely different animal. We say drive them both and see which one speaks to you more. Sorry we couldn't help any further. Thanks for watching!

Yeah going to test drive them both, thanks :)

tanush216 No problem. Good luck!

We guess passing power will be relative to what you are used to, Robert Beckwith. If you drive a Corvette, it will be lacking at best. However, for normal 4-cylinder daily drivers in that compact/midsize segment, it performs just fine. Our only complaints were the lack of power from a standstill. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

+AutoAcademics thanks for reply. great review keep it up! sub'd

Robert Beckwith We appreciate you, Robert Beckwith. Thank you for the support!

The adoption rates for manual transmission are incredibly low, cardude1992. So manufacturers will typically sell their best components (engine/transmission packages, technology, etc.) in packages where they can get the best returns for them. Now sure if we're explaining this correctly, but stay tuned for the Civic Si. That will probably solve some of your concerns. Thank you for sharing and for watching, too!

which means they are just not considerate enough to put in that extra bit if effort for the people who would like to buy a manual civic

cardude1992 Well, unfortunately, consideration rarely comes into business, cardude1992. This is why iPhones don't have removable batteries or why some physical magazine subscriptions don't have free digital subscriptions. We'd all love to have that stuff, but it doesn't make good business sense for those particular companies. Honda does still make a manual transmission for the Civic, it just isn't available with the 1.5L turbo.... yet. Remain patient and you just might get your wish, though. We appreciate your comments.

+W-_-T LOL You'd be surprised how many vehicles of all prices do that, W-_-T. It's something that we notice as well, but we can't ding a Civic for doing it if Lexus (CT and IS 350), Ford (Platinum F-150), GMC (Yukon Denali), Toyota (Avalon Limited), and Cadillac (previous-gen Escalade) have all done, or currently are doing it. And these are just a few examples from the cars we've tested over the past couple of years. But we hear ya! Thank you for your comments and thanks for watching, too!

+lllBoggylll We would hope not, IIIBoggyIII. But if it does come to that, you can always disconnect Android Auto and use whatever is already pre-programmed in your car. Until then, however, try it or Apple CarPlay out. They really are decent features. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations! So what are your thoughts on the car, Cookie Stew?

***** Congrats on your new ride, Truth Seeker. As you saw in the video, we think it's a nice car, too! Enjoy and thanks for watching!

+AutoAcademics I love it but the only problem is that my Ac doesn't blow out cool air most of time

+Truth Seeker I did that and it still didn't work. Imma go to the dealer ship. Btw I want to install strip lights in the inside where the feet goes

Cookie Stew We agree. Definitely take it to the dealer to get it fixed. It's all under warranty so your covered.

yes, quite quiet

We had a hard time grasping that price as well, Tom Shong, when we first heard it. Then we spent time with it and it began to make more sense. Consumers are beginning to pay more for small cars with premium features so that they can get better fuel economy without having to sacrifice all the bells and whistles. This, arguably, is one of the reasons why Mercedes sells the GLA, BMW sells the 1-series and Audi sells the A3 (though we think it's also those brands' attempts at garnering brand loyalty sooner). Plus, the Civic is now leaning on the midsize car classification, offering more features than what a comparatively priced Accord can offer. The lines continue to blur, and while $27k is a lot of money, the 2016 Civic Touring is a lot of car. Thank you for sharing and for watching!

+Constantine Joseph Hi, Constantine. We did not test 0-60, however, reports around the internet have it from high 6's to high 7's. It's not a rocket ship, but the seat of your pants feeling is still pretty good once you are moving. Like Chris (our presenter) said, it kind of bogs down when at a stop until the turbo spools up. Then it is a much more lively car. Thanks for watching!

Yuuuuup! We appreciate you, DimachkaS!

+Toyota4Life No, it is not like any other Civic before (as Chris stated). But that is actually a good thing. Chris wasn't that interested when they were first announced. But once he got his hands on one and saw it in person, well, you know the rest. Thanks, Toyota4Life.

its a new gen. i like it better than the last one

\m/ AngelofDeath \m/ So do we! Thanks for watching!

Old civics are ugly...this is the future and they are beautiful 😍😍😍

+jay czyzyk Thank you, jay czyzyk. We appreciate your support!

+Rd C No hablo espanol. Lo siento.

+AutoAcademics Thats not Spanish, thats Portugues. 😂

Euris ABTRR Our sincerest apologies. Apparently, no hablo Portugues, either. At least Google finally decided to help us out and translate it for us. LOL Thank you for the heads up, Euris ABTRR!

+Rd C We definitely understand, Rd C. That's how it has always been with BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen here in the U.S. We appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!

Ok man!

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+buildmorefarms100 LOL Yes you can. Different cars for different purposes. And we have people in both camps here at AutoAcademics.

We actually feel as though the materials are becoming more premium, Sam Scharder. They are much nicer than in previous-gen Civics. We appreciate your comments, though. Thanks for watching!

+buildmorefarms100 LOL on paper, you have a point, buildmorefarms100. Some of our friends outside of the industry feel the same way. But probably the most difficult thing to convey through a video is the emotional side of this car. It's rare when you feel good driving a garden-variety compact car, yet we did in this. And very few of us have any former personal ties to the brand, either. Ok, we're getting off our soapbox now. As always, we appreciate your comments. Thanks for watching!

***** It just seems like alot of $ for a Civic! Not even an R or Si! The former Si could be had loaded for about 23k!!

+AutoAcademics Nice review of this car and I test drove it last week along with the Accord Sport. This turbo DOES add much more power to the car than what I was expecting. But I am NOT tech-savvy and do not really need all the technology in this Civic Touring car. And this new Civic does NOT have a cd player but the Accord still does! And have you test driven the new Accord Sport?? It seems to have enough of what I need, though some have claimed that the 19" tires give the car too firm of a ride and you feel more bumps than desired. But I still loved the ride of this car and the Civic and am leaning towards buying the Accord Sport later in the year.

Doug Celeste But I am leaning towards the Civic Touring with fully loaded options because I do not care what you say!

+Richard Joash “RJ” Tan That's nice and enjoy the car. But why be sarcastic about it and even bother replying??

+BlowinUPinMIA Thank you, BlowingUPinMIA. We appreciate your kind words. If you haven't done so already, please consider subscribing to our channel. We can use all the help we can get! LOL Anyway, we're happy you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!

+Attila Khan It truly is a really nice car, Attila Khan. Thanks for watching!