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Thursday, Jul 30

2008 Ford Focus SES Coupe: Turning Radius Feels Big

According to Edmunds.com statistics, the turning radius of the Focus coupe is a very admirable 34.2 feet. Compare that to the Honda Fit (34.4 ft.) or Honda Civic coupe (35.4 ft.), and the Focus cuts a pretty tight circle. The only car I could find off hand with a tighter circle is the Chevrolet Cobalt...

Tuesday, Jul 28

2007 Honda Civic GX: Keeps on Ticking, But Phill Won't

There's not much new to say about the Civic GX - it still runs like a top, albeit one that's a bit slow to wind up; hasn't given us any trouble and except for a little body work after a fender-bender hasn't been in the shop other than for oil changes and one brake job (a problem with Civics).

2008 Ford Focus: Would I Make Room in My Own Garage?

But there are some cars I would take over the Focus if I come anywhere close on price. Maybe I couldn't, but here they are. And, oh, by the way, I like sedans. My Focus would be a sedan. Honda Civic EX (no drum brakes, dammit!) Honda Fit (oh, wait, I do like drum brakes) Mazda 3 Mitsubishi Lancer

Tuesday, Jul 21

Latest IIHS Crash Tests: Ford Focus and Volvo C30 Earn Top Marks

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has conducted its latest round of crash testing, this time for small two-door coupes. Five cars were tested: Chevrolet Cobalt, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Scion tC and Volvo C30. The Focus and the C30 came away with top pick awards for their pe...

Thursday, Jul 2

2009 Honda Civic GX: An Afternoon at the Pump

Yep, that's me chilling out while the Civic GX gets filled up with clean natural gas at our local station. With only a quarter tank remaining, it took 24 minutes before I finally gave up and stopped the pump. Before explaining that, lets go back a bit.

Honda Civic: The Two Extremes

Both are front-wheel drive and powered by four-cylinders and both cost about $25,000, but the GX is powered by a 113 hp 1.8-liter engine while the Si is packing a 197 hp 2.0-liter. Oh, and the GX uses a 5-speed automatic transmission. The Si of course get six-speed manual.

Wednesday, Jul 1

2007 Honda Civic GX: At $1.22 a Gallon, What's Not to Like?

And consider this: Fuel consumption has averaged 32.8 mpg over the last 19,000 miles, and the average cost of fillingl its tank from the home natural gas pump is a mere $1.22 per gasoline gallon-equivalent. That's for both the natural gas and the electricity to compress and pump it.

Big List of Fuel Economy - June 2009

Car Best Worst Average 2009 Audi A4 Avant 26.8 17.5 21.9 2009 Audi S5 22.3 11.3 18.0 2008 BMW 135i 27.7 13.9 19.8 2009 BMW 750i 21.8 12.4 17.9 2002 BMW M3 23.5 12.3 17.5 2009 BMW M3 20.5 12.7 16.1 2009 Ford Flex Limited 26.7 13.7 19.2 2008 Ford Focus SES 40.6 16.6 26.7 2007 Honda Civic GX 47.3 12.7 31.6 2009 Honda Fit Sp...

2007 Honda Civic GX: Phorget Phill

Yet, should you be a new Civic GX owner in search of Phill unit, good luck. Honda told Edmunds Green Car Advisor that it no longer has any relation with Phill and doesn't know if it will continue to be sold by Fuel Systems Solutions. Indeed, google "Phill" and the top search item is this FuelMake...

Tuesday, Jun 30

IL Track Tested: 2009 Honda Civic Si Sedan

All Civics received a mild face-lift for 2009, but this Si is no faster, as all the upgrades were either cosmetic or electronic. Still, with a six-speed manual transmission, limited-slip differential and an 8,000 rpm redline, the Si remains a performance bargain for $23K. See what our tes...

2007 Honda Civic GX: Less Compromised Than a Prius, Sort Of

My last experience in our 2007 Honda Civic GX was mostly on the freeway. Aside from the fact that it feels like the car is holding its breath as it accelerates, the CNG-fueled, 1.8-liter inline-four provides adequate motivation for commuting.

2007 Honda Civic GX: Seating Position Also Feels Natural

Standard telescope adjustment makes it easy to position the 3/4-scale steering wheel where I want it. Although this isn't the leather-wrapped, three-spoke version I'm used to (Civic Si, Civic Hybrid, Fit, Insight), this vinyl, two-spoke wheel still feels right in my hands.

2007 Honda Civic GX: Almost Ready for Primetime

I've been hearing about the merits of the Civic GX for a few years now from my hairstylist Sue, who drives one from Lake Arrowhead to Pasadena nearly every day she works. Under the conditions she drives, I think the GX is a great choice...here's why...

2007 Honda GX: Open Thread

What can we tell you about the Honda Civic GX? Any questions? Have any of you driven one? If so, write your review in the comments section. We look forward to reading what you have to say. Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor

Sunday, Jun 28

2007 Honda Civic GX: Pros and Cons

There are definite disadvantages to driving a compressed natural gas Honda Civic. If you don't have a PHILL home refueling unit, where do you fill up? You need to know where you can get the stuff. Then there's how long it takes to fill up. Our Honda Civic GX is Car of the Week.

Thursday, Jun 25

2007 Honda Civic GX: Two-Speaker Stereo Revisited

Granted, the competition isn't exactly stiff. We're talking about a 1985 Tercel, a 1987 Toyota pickup, a '90s Diahatsu K-car in Japan...not what I'd call leaders in mobile audio technology. But seriously, this GX stereo does pretty damn well for a boombox. Not surprisingly, clarity and sep...

Thursday, Jun 11

Separated At Birth: Civic Meet Forte

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2007 Honda Civic GX: 20 Minutes and Still Not Full!

Just a quick FYI for you Civic GX owners -- if at all possible, fuel up at the natural gas pumps that are rated at 3600 psi. Use the 3000 psi pumps and, as my colleague Mr. Clark suggested, you best not be in a hurry. I recently filled the GX twice in succession -- once at a 3600 psi pump (near LAX a...

Tuesday, Jun 9

Never Say Never

Argh! You guessed right with the Honda Civic GX. But I did get you debating for a little while. Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor

Thursday, May 28

2007 Honda Civic GX: An Inconvenient Truth

There's nothing like the convenience of having a gas station on every corner. When you're driving a natural gas vehicle like the Civic GX, however, that kind of convenience is a luxury that simply isn't within your grasp, and this can sometimes be problematic. Case in point: I've had the car...

Wednesday, Apr 2

2007 Honda Civic GX: Long Time Between Oil Changes

When I bought the 2007 Honda Civic GX for the long term fleet last year I remembered hearing that one of the advantages of this car, besides low pollution and low fuel costs, was that you could go a long time between oil changes. The Honda brochure said that the natural gas it runs on is less corr...

Monday, Mar 3

2007 Honda Civic GX: CNG Comes Home

Took about 3 hours to do the job, which involved boring a 6-inch hole through the wall for an external vent; hooking up the gas intake and exhaust plumbing (there's an exhaust line that lets natural gas spew to the outside in case of a breakdown) and a gas leak sensor and alarm and checking thi...

Tuesday, Jun 26

Spy Shots: 2008 Honda Accords—fully exposed!

As we've seen before, the coupe sports a honeycomb grille, whereas the sedan has horizontal bars. And based on the wheels and dual exhaust these are all V6 versions. Honda has publicly talked about more horsepower, better fuel economy, ...

Monday, Oct 23

2006 Honda Civic Si: Litmus Test

The Civic is usually a fun car to drive. With its muscular, responsive engine, the experience behind the wheel is akin to that of piloting a compact rocketship. But our cheerful little stick-shift hauler didn't impart quite as many smiles and giggles on the valley's clogged freeways and eq...