[Wilmo]

...... and when the battery needs replacing, very, very expensive.

the PCP will have finished way before then, it's the later owners who get shafted

 

[egraphistudios]

Configurator now available: Configurator

Price list: https://www.honda.co.uk/content/dam...s-Customer-Price-List-July2022-23YM-Civic.pdf

 

[Kremmen]

Even Honda are publishing eCVT !

So Tesla and other electric drive cars are CVT because in its simplest form, the engine charges the battery and the battery (electric) drives the wheels.

Confused

 

[poor1]

So Tesla and other electric drive cars are CVT because in its simplest form, the engine charges the battery and the battery (electric) drives the wheels.

No engine

 

[Typhoons]

This is the best explanation I have heard about the eCVT ‘gearbox’

from about 3.35 in..

 

[Kremmen]

So there you have it from the designer ........ it's not CVT, a play on words.

 

[poor1]

This is the best explanation I have heard about the eCVT ‘gearbox’

A very good uncritical review. Sounds a great car.
He makes the very good point that there would be more headroom without the sunroof which emphasises my earlier point that it would be very nice to be given the choice of having one or not without having to opt for the bottom of the range model.

 

[egraphistudios]

Been quoted £37k for an Advanced model with full carbon pack and illumination pack.

 

[FencePlank43]

Been quoted £37k for an Advanced model with full carbon pack and illumination pack.

T'is a new car.

And the Advance starts at £33k, so not surprised at the quote you had - will take a while for prices to inch lower based on supply....

 

[FencePlank43]

Even Honda are publishing eCVT !

So Tesla and other electric drive cars are CVT because in its simplest form, the engine charges the battery and the battery (electric) drives the wheels.

Confused

Yes, rather bonkers....not as if buyers are that clued up without being confused!!

 

[ColourPhil]

Getting back to the price, I was looking at a review of the new 'Vauxhall' Astra (no longer UK-built), and was shocked to see the STARTING price of £27.5k for a 1.2 129 bhp non-hybrid! Makes the new Civic look value for money!

 

[FencePlank43]

Getting back to the price, I was looking at a review of the new 'Vauxhall' Astra (no longer UK-built), and was shocked to see the STARTING price of £27.5k for a 1.2 129 bhp non-hybrid! Makes the new Civic look value for money!

Anyone paying nearly £28k for a DisAstra needs therapy.

The Civic Hybrid will be infinitely reliable than that French spare-parts-bin concoction!!

 

[Kremmen]

I'm surprised any car company would have developed a non Hybrid/EV given the future has been known for years

 

[ColourPhil]

I'm surprised any car company would have developed a non Hybrid/EV given the future has been known for years

Also have a diesel version!

 

[poor1]

Apart from it being nice to opt out of the panoramic roof on the Advance model is it not time Honda introduced a heated front windscreen whch Ford have had for years. I appreciate that there may be some patent difficulties but there must be more than one way of skinning a cat.

 

[FencePlank43]

Issue is less to do with patents and more to do with cost of implementation, storage of inventory for spares and then passing that cost on to eventual buyers.

Nothing tepid water on a screen cant cure and one less electrical thing to potentially go wrong as the car ages. Ford is hardly a beacon of reliability even with the gimmicky heated screen(s) they have.

 

[FencePlank43]

Honda Civic 2022 UK review | Autocar

In a class that risks being neglected, Honda arrives with a new Civic – one of the most compelling and best to drive

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