We have looked at the Kia C'eed (cheep) and also the focus (good drivng)and the corolla (build quality), but......nothing beets the looks of a civic. As I have been riding aan accord 2.4 with a very big smile for 3 years regarding maintanance and build qualitiy the choice was rapidly made. The Honda's are also rarely seen cars in the Netherlads and that is something we like to. The German brands are so common
. Technical they are okay, but...well everyone is driving a volkswagen (even the name is embarassing), Opel (vauxhall), Audi, Seat or even Ford. So definitly the looks of the civic and Honda's name ragarding the durability did make the choise being rather simple.