Advanced package in new Civic (From Hereford Times)

Advanced package in new Civic

7:00am Saturday 5th November 2011 in Road Tests

HONDA has revealed that prices for the new 2012 Civic will range from £16,495 OTR for the entry-level 1.4-litre 100PS i-VTEC SE and from £26,595 OTR for the top of the range Civic 2.2 i-DTEC EX GT.

The car will also be available in the familiar SE, ES, EX and EX GT trim levels offering customers generous equipment as standard.

The new 2012 Civic was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show and order books at Honda dealerships are now open with cars arriving in dealerships during January.

Standard equipment new to the Civic includes, Honda's Intelligent Multi-Information Display (i-MID) five-inch dashboard screen which displays relevant driving details such as mpg, the idle stop status and climate and audio settings.

Other new additions include a rear wiper, daytime running lights and a headlight- off timer that maintains illumination for 15 seconds after the car is locked.

In addition, every new Civic comes with Idle Stop fuel-saving technology (manual transmission only) and an ECON switch for the first time. The ECON switch is already found in the Insight and Jazz Hybrid and activating it tells the car's management system to adopt specific settings to improve fuel consumption. It does so without affecting overall safety levels or the general usability of the car.

For the first time Honda's Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) are available in the Civic range.

This advanced technology is available as a package in EX GT specification only for an extra £1,900 OTR.

All models come with a sixspeed manual transmission as standard. However, the 1.8- litre petrol can be specified with a five-speed automatic gearbox for an additional £1,385.