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Motor Trend Car of the Year: the 2006 Honda Civic
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Ryan
Lifer
Bigger engine - more weight I'd guess....The previous generation Civic was available with 3 different engines - the 127HP on the EX, with 32/37MPG - the 114HP engine on the HX, yeilding 36/44MPG - the 115HP engine in the LX/DX, with 32/38MPG. Numbers are with manual transmissions.
Instead of having a hodge podge of engines, and taking into consideration that the HX wasn't a big seller, they switched over to a more powerful and efficient engine. With a manual transmission - it yeilds 30/38MPG, with an automatic, it yeilds 30/40MPG.
Considering that the vast majority of the previous generation of Civics sold were DX, LX, and EX trims models that didn't get the stallar mileage of the HX, I'd say that Honda actually improved the mileage overall.
MasterAndCommander
Diamond Member
I always thought that those 'awards' were paid for by the amount of advertising $$$ a particular manufactuerer spent on a magazine....😕
DanTMWTMP
Lifer
they tested the hhr? WHY? what for? The other cars i can understand (solstice, jetta, fusion, charger, etc..) but HHR?! WTF!? Once they got into the car, they should've just pushed it over a cliff. UGH, had it as rental once, it's one stupid car. Well, it runs well and all (engine power is sufficient, acceleration was meh-ok, was reasonably quiet, and not so bumpy), but goddamn interior is inferior, and visibility is the WORST i've ever seen in any modern car. Interior has too much cheap plastic, and looks lazily put-together, and window visibility is absolutely horrid. Can't see sh!t diagnally, directly in front of you, and super very little visibility towards the rear. I was just uber pissed that a modern car would have this poor visibilty and very poor interior quality, especially from GM who really needs to make cars of quality materials to get stuff selling. Shiet, I wanted to buy the Saturn Sky, but I could see that the stereo array was similar to the one i saw on the Sky pics, and man, that was one horrible design of a stereo. ergonomics and practicallity was like that of that nissan quest crap.
HHR is an absolute joke. The rear seats should have more room than it should also, and getting into the car to the rear seats is horrible. A civic's rear seats (a friendy's previous gen model) is more comfy and easier to get into than the POS HHR's rear seats.
Motor Trend is a joke of a magazine. When you have cars like the Thunderbird winning Car of the Year awards, when the car sucked in EVERY way possible... it just speaks volumes for how they 'test'. Many of the tests they've designed are in conjunction with automakers, like the Figure 8 test that helps some cars get points where others lose them, etc. They use these tests when they feel it's 'right' thus, they bias any result they want to, skewing any numbers.
Car and Driver, while not a LOT better at least gives you better insight as to the 'who what where why' type of questions you might have about technology in recent cars. They are BMW fanatics and will praise near anything BMW puts out. But almost every magazine has a bias. I am a big fan of Evo in the UK -- it's a lot less biased but still has hints of it thru some of the writers. But none of these magazines sell out as badly as Motor Trend has done continually year after year.
Car and Driver, while not a LOT better at least gives you better insight as to the 'who what where why' type of questions you might have about technology in recent cars. They are BMW fanatics and will praise near anything BMW puts out. But almost every magazine has a bias. I am a big fan of Evo in the UK -- it's a lot less biased but still has hints of it thru some of the writers. But none of these magazines sell out as badly as Motor Trend has done continually year after year.
meltdown75
Lifer
if i had to buy a new car right now, i would take a long, HARD look at one of these.
GeneValgene
Diamond Member
w00t!
<----honda fanboi 🙂
<----honda fanboi 🙂
poopaskoopa
Diamond Member
Looks like a Scion tC wannabe.
randomlinh
Lifer
woohoo.. 3 FTW! well.. cept against the Si.. in power anyway. I like the lights on the new civic.. but don't really like the body style, front seems to slope too much.. and the rear... blah.. everything looks like nissan these days 🙁
tennisflip
Golden Member
Congrats Honda. Been going to the dealerships every Sunday to check them out since I'm thinking about picking up the hybrid version.
iamwiz82
Lifer
The front slope is what annoys me as well. From the bumper to the top of the roof it barely changes. Looks like a wedge of cheese going down the road.
http://www.japanesecarfans.com/news/2050210.015/2050210.015.Mini8L.jpg
tennisflip
Golden Member
And Toyota the year before that with the Prius.
MasterAndCommander
Diamond Member
Of course, how else can you explain ugly ass cars like the 300 and Prius winning those awards :laugh:
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