The 2022 Honda Civic is the Best Generation Yet | MotorWeek Road Test 

Yes John has been a great host and narrator for the road and comparison tests from this to the Type R and S2000

He is a staple to the program and has been there since I was in diapers, I enjoy motorweek retro where I see episodes from my school days

He is the Casey Kasem of car reviews!!! I watch this show because of him

Couldn't agree more. John is a treasure.

Yep

I'm looking at the EX hatchback for my baby on the way. Not a fan of manual gearbox for the daily driver (super annoying in heavy traffic, plus spouse wouldn't be able to borrow the car) so I'm going with the auto. The real problem is availability, local dealers don't have any. I have less than 9 months to get one. I refuse to pay over MSRP.

Many dealers can’t keep many vehicles on their lots, regardless of the make.

Dealers are also up charging on Civics. I've never seen a used one advertised for $32k, until last week.

It's like that at most Honda dealerships. The new Civics sell really quickly.

@cancel like ur icon image

80s looks and performance to match. The only thing missing is the high 40 mpgs 80s fuel efficiency.

Yes. A couple of sharp angles there for sure.

Just got the sport model..love it! My first new Honda in years. I had a 98 Honda prelude I got new... and this new design reminds me of late 90s early 2000s Honda’s

The '91 was pretty good too.

2006-2011 were the best Civics built hands down. I loved my 1990s Civics and CRXs but they ended up being rust buckets

@Jay & Laong's World!🤪²⁰²¹ right and if that car was in the rust belt it would be gone. Just shows how bad the steel really was

I still see plenty of those 90’s Civics on the road.

The Civic Type R based on the 10th gen Civic looked a whole lot better than its hideously ugly predecessors.

I think it’s because straight angular lines are getting more popular again and that’s the last time they were popular. I like it too

Thinking it looked like an A4 sounds like a great problem for Honda to have…

True and I dont like the back end of the hatchback version, I don't like the sportback look, I prefer a traditional hatchback back end not a sedan-ish back end.

well you know what they say about opinions right?

@@allentoyokawa9068 - what's the point for your comment?

@@MyerShift7 lol 😆. I like that. If you buy one, I hope you enjoy it? It's now a basic underpowered sedan.

Car shortage, also Honda always give less discounts because of higher resale value

@@balistab1125 Not always. Found another dealer who said they will upcharge $1k above and not $5k like the other dealer. They are all sleazy salesmen. And ever since Honda too went to CVT and turbo, I question their longevity.

Check out the new sportback.

well it is still going to sell like hot cakes

Totally.

@@allentoyokawa9068 I wish hot cakes were a thing that actually sounds pretty good. But yeah they should sell.

More like the Hyundai Sonata (Specifically the 2015-2017 model year).

100%!! the driving dynamics of any generation civic is far better than the Corolla!

Civic is far uglier than the Corolla SE. I have plenty of Honda Civic haters looking at my car jealous. I don’t look up because there’s nothing to look at. I can’t wait to get my White Lexus IS 350 F Sport

Honda’s usually have a superior driving dinamic’s than Toyota’s

I own a 20 si all the cvt cars would be fine for most people but the si and r with more power and 6speeds are what's worth waiting for to me

Not side by side. The looks may be similar, but sizes are notably different.

This is basically an accord

@@johnnymartinez478 the Accord is notably larger in person. The design team did an excellent job with the vehicle. Making it appear larger than it actually is. The Accord is larger in every measurable area, including overall length, which is what most people will first see, at 12 inches longer than the Civic.

@@haroldbeauchamp3770 The new Civic is ugly and looks like an Accord. The front-end is okay, but the rear-end and is like any other car...

We can hope, but large panel gaps were consistent in the last gen

That is because it is put together in North America, not Japan

@@allentoyokawa9068 Honda has been manufacturing cars in the US for over 40 years, it has nothing to do with that. I think it's the design, with the plastic segment in front of the hood. Plastic parts like bumpers don't always line up perfectly because they're flexible. It's a problem for every manufacturer, it's just more noticeable with this design and angle along with the current Accord.

Andrew G. In person the New Civic is a beatiful car. I have one and i love it. The driving experience is very good . I have no complain. The Cvt Turbo is so smooth ang powerful. No regret that i bought it. I had several Hondas so i know i will be ok for long years to come

It looks like it got cut for time (happens sometimes due to the constraints of TV). But fuel economy numbers are 31 City, 38 Highway, and 34 Combined. We averaged 34.2 mpg in our testing.

MotorWeek Ty for the reply and numbers!

@@FlyingAA I get as high as 41 on econ mode on the highway, and thats not 55, thats 75-80. I love mine for that reason.

Km sorry but the elantra is better.

You must be drunk.

@@chrishuber8930 do not compare elantra to Civic,not yet.Maybe try to test drive one if somebody let you and see it for yourself.

@@vicnoy3684 you obviously havent driven a new generation elantra.

@@chrishuber8930 elantra not my kind of car to drive.

They took away the chrome mustache, is all.

well it is still going to sell like hot cakes

@@allentoyokawa9068 They're already are. If you go to most Honda dealerships, it's hard to find a 2022 Civic on the lot because they're selling like crazy.

@@allentoyokawa9068 pls shut up

They make it larger cause safety regulations and also because new car buyers expect something visually "better" than the already good previous version.

I had the 2019 SI but I wound up trading it for the 2020 Accord 2.0t touring they gave me a killer deal. i Tune both cars with K-tuner and they were tied from around 10 mph all the way up to a little over 💯 mph but in the city my Accord only gets 20 MPG cuz I'm always getting on it. The Civic in the city even being tuned would get between 26 and 40 depending how you drove it. It took a lot of self control but I tested it one time for about 100 miles an average 39.5 MPG.. the secret is neutral take your foot off the clutch & Coast

Mid-2023. Automakers are projecting this phenomenon to carry through next year production.

@@foxtrot685 You're probably right. I'm only basing it on a visit to a Lexus dealer last week with a friend who unfortunately needs a car. The dealer said June 2022 at the earliest . . . while saying my friend could have the next vehicle coming in for $8K markup (which he sneakily presented as the MSRP).

You can get them if you put a deposit down and wait a few weeks. I felt lucky to find a hatchback at msrp compared to 5-10k markups.

@@Eugene05 Oh that's good to know. I'm not a Type R guy (too much boy racer), but love the concept of the turbo sport touring hatch 6MT. I figured those would be even rarer. The biggest joke was when I took the same friend to the Mazda dealer. The dealer, admittedly nice, said, "well, all our cars have $5k markup but that's negotiable". Um, what? Oh thank you kind sir!

Inflation dummy

You’ve apparently never seen this car in person. It’s a compact car and not nearly as large as the design implies.

@@haroldbeauchamp3770 You cannot be serious. This car is like 186 inches long, which is almost as long as BMW 5 series and Mercedes E Classes were.

@@LearnAboutFlow like you said ^were. You’re on every video bitching that cars are too big. Get a smart car and stfu

@@haroldbeauchamp3770 there are a million cars lighter than the civic that aren't a smart car, stop pretending. The GR is AWD and has more power from a smaller engine and weighs less, a Miata if you're under six feet tall, gt86, ect. This is a pointless car, what does it have that you can't get from any other car for less? What is it better than? It's a joke, this car is the physical embodiment of clown shoes, you should get a pair, you've earned them.

@@philalan6721 GR Yaris backseats are useless. It's pretty much a 2 seat car. Also comparing a GR Yaris to this econobox is pointless, because that is not your average grocery getter. But I will accept the fact this Civic is heavier and more bloated, but has more space, than last gen.

The hatchbacks are already arriving in dealerships now. If you want one, the best thing to do is pre order one because the second the Civic's arrive at the dealership, they sell very quickly.

Si

You can get a manual on the Sport and Sport Touring hatchbacks and the Si. I'm surprised they haven't announced an Si hatchback yet.

I have a 2005 civic with cvt and it has 170k miles on it and everything is really good

You're confusing it with a Nissan CVT, Honda makes the best CVTs i know a few with 200k miles on theirs

It got cut for time (happens sometimes due to the constraints of TV). But fuel economy numbers are 31 City, 38 Highway, and 34 Combined. We averaged 34.2 mpg in our testing.

It's better that the Civic loses its own distinctive look? Actually, that nose looks like it was grafted directly from an Accord. The back looks like a VW knock off. My son and I were trading our old cars exactly one year ago, when the 2022 first look came out. We liked the Gen Xl so much, we bought a new Gen X Civic Hatchback, while I couldn't resist that sleek 2020 (new) Civic Coupe EX. If the Gen Xll doesn't restore a fun look, in 5 yrs Mazda and Toyota will be standing by.

The new SI is definitely slower, I really hope the new Type R isnt

The Si makes a pathetic 201 HP.

If there's one CVT to get, it's Honda

Not a bad thing

That's the best way to do a CVT, if you put in artificial shifts you slow things down and take the engine out of the powerband which completely negates the purpose of a CVT. I wish Nissan would drop the fake shifts they've added in.

@@FantomLightning Yes that's true, however I just can't stand that drone. Personal preference I suppose.

My Lancer with a CVT also doesn't fake shift, unless I use the paddle shift with manual mode for 6 fixed ratios, that's fun and useful on switch back roads to keep engine in power band. Tbh I actually like that it doesn't fake shift in normal mode cause this to me is smoother, and gets up to speed quickly than the 4 speed autos I had before. And the engine stays at lower revs (less than 2k rpm at 120 km/h) in cruising. If I wanted no CVT then I would rather have 6 speed automatic in an econobox (Mazda provide this thankfully, only one with right gear ratios for a 4 cylinder).

last civic without a cvt is the 2012

I think it looks a lot like the last generation accord.. and that’s fine with me.. Honda design over the years always goes back and forth with conservative to over the top and back and forth...

​@@brianreardon7700 Yes, and despite design is conservative or not, Honda are the best! Cheap, fun, safe and reliable!

Typical sound from a Japanese 4 banger.

That's an effect of the camera frame rate and the LED lighting.

@@nlpnt darn I was hoping I could drive around and pull people over in my 2022 Civic.

Sucks when 2 door coupes are dropped from the line up. Not everyone wants/needs a 4 door. When Honda last had the beautiful 2 door Accords & 2 door Civics those models had no marketing promotion whatsoever and few buyers knew they even existed, so of course sales were light. Is it that difficult to offer a coupe? Apparently not so in the past.