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Honda Civic

Jeff Zurschmeide, Edmunds Contributor
Jeff Zurschmeide | Edmunds Contributor
May 22, 2025

For more than 50 years, the Honda Civic has been a mainstay of the American small car market. In many years, it has been the best-selling small car in the country. The Civic has gone through tremendous evolution, but what never changes is the value and economy that goes with the Civic name.

Explore the evolution of the Honda Civic

Get our expert take on used Honda Civic models, or view year-by-year changes.

Eleventh generation
2022 - 2025
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$18,998 - $50,998*
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Tenth generation
2016 - 2021
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$14,599 - $44,998*
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Ninth generation
2012 - 2015
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$12,998 - $21,998*
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2022 - 2025

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Eleventh generation Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a car that can cover all the bases from economy to performance. Available in a useful hatchback or comfortable sedan format, the Civic offers a choice between a gas-fueled or hybrid driveline, with a six-speed manual transmission in the sporty Civic Si and Type R models.  

The Civic offers a sleek body shape from both the hatchback version, with its coupe-like profile, or the traditional four-door sedan. All Civic models are front-wheel-drive, and most feature an advanced continuously variable automatic transmission. 

The Civic  seats five people, and features a touchscreen infotainment system with Apple and Android phone integration as well as native Google hands-free apps. Additional available tech features include wireless device charging, a control app for your phone, blind-spot monitoring, and a multi-angle rearview camera system.

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Model highlights

  • Available hybrid engine (added for 2025) 

  • Available Civic Si and Type R performance models

  • Standard driver-assist technology

  • Lightly refreshed bodywork (added for 2025) 

  • No coupe offered for this generation

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2016 - 2021

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Tenth generation Honda Civic

The tenth generation Honda Civic featured a new global architecture and a sporty two-door coupe body style that was dropped in 2021. 

The tenth generation Honda Civic offers both economy and sporty fun. Depending on the trim level you choose, you can have a powerful engine and manual transmission, or a more economical choice with an automatic, though no hybrid was available. All tenth generation Civics share a sporty look and will seat up to five. Starting with the 2017 model year, the Civic Si offers turbocharged power and a more sport-oriented chassis. In the same year, Honda unveiled the Civic Type R, with even more power and a racing-inspired chassis. 

For the 2019 model year, Honda gave all Civic models a light bodywork refresh and made the Honda Sensing® suite of driver-assist features standard. Honda Sensing includes adaptive cruise control, lane centering, traffic sign recognition, automatic high beams, and blind-spot monitoring.

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Model highlights

  • Available two-door coupe and performance models

  • Standard Honda Sensing safety suite (2019 and newer) 

  • Hatchback body style (2017 and newer)

  • Continuously variable transmission

  • Hybrid discontinued

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2012 - 2015

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Ninth generation Honda Civic

The ninth-generation Honda Civic offers affordable, reliable transportation with what the company called an "energetic, sleek, and aerodynamic" body. That’s why the ninth-generation Civic looks as fresh and relevant today as it did when it was new. 

The ninth-generation Honda Civic was available as a four-door sedan or two-door coupe. No hatchback was included in this generation. Trim levels ranged from the austere HF model, designed for the maximum fuel economy in a gas-only vehicle, to the sporty Civic Si model and a thrifty Civic Hybrid. Depending on the trim level, buyers could select a five- or six-speed manual transmission, a five-speed automatic, or a continuously variable transmission. All Civic models in this generation used front-wheel drive. 

Annual updates to the Civic through this generation reflected the fast pace of technological change in the auto industry at the time. In 2013 the Civic received its first rear-view camera and Bluetooth® hands-free phone support, as well as suspension and chassis updates. Starting in 2014, Civic models were available with a touchscreen infotainment system.

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Model highlights

  • Available hybrid and high fuel economy (HF) models

  • Bluetooth and backup camera (added for 2013) 

  • Available touchscreen infotainment (added for 2014)

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Changes by year

Latest generation from 2022 - 2025

2025 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • Hybrid powertrain added

  • Revised front end styling

  • Top trim level gets Google-based infotainment

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2024 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • No significant changes for 2024

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2023 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Civic Type R returns

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2022 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Redesigned for 2022 with new styling

  • Available as a sedan or hatchback, no more coupe

  • Slightly larger this time around, with more interior space

  • Larger nine-inch screen available

  • New 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster

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Previous generation from 2016 - 2021

2021 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Civic Si and coupe dropped

  • Sedan and hatchback received no significant changes

  • Type R Limited Edition introduced with lighter weight and special paint, wheels, and tires

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2020 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Hatchback and Civic Si received updated front and rear styling

  • Sedan stood pat

  • Civic Si got revised transmission gearing and interior trim

  • Improved suspension and brakes for Civic Type R

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2019 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Sport trim offered for sedan and coupe

  • Sport base engine changed from 1.5-liter to 2.0-liter four-cylinder

  • Revised front bumper

  • Volume knob and hard buttons added to available infotainment system

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2018 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • No significant changes for 2018

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2017 Honda Civic

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Highlights

  • Hatchback body style added

  • Turbocharged four-cylinder standard in hatchback, where it made slightly more power

  • Civic Si returned

  • Civic Type R added

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2016 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • Full redesign for 2016

  • Offered as a sedan or coupe

  • New wider and lower styling

  • New 2.0-liter four-cylinder and 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engines

  • Civic Si, Hybrid, and Natural Gas versions not offered

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Previous generation from 2012 - 2015

2015 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • New SE trim for sedan

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2014 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • Refreshed front and rear styling for coupe

  • Continuously variable transmission replaced five-speed automatic

  • Firmer suspension tuning for LX coupe and Si

  • New features included keyless ignition, a touchscreen infotainment system, a blind-spot camera, and enhanced smartphone integration

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2013 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • Refreshed exterior styling

  • More standard features

  • Quieter cabin

  • Retuned suspensions

  • Upgraded interior materials

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2012 Honda Civic

Highlights

  • Redesigned for 2012 with cheaper interior materials, less refinement

  • Larger four-cylinder with more power for Civic Si

  • Mild styling update

  • Improved fuel economy

  • Stability control standard

  • More interior space

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Reliability

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RepairPal gave the Honda Civic an overall reliability rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, which RepairPal describes as Excellent. This rating ranks Honda Civic 3rd out of 46 among Compact Cars.

RepairPal reports that the average total annual cost for repairs and maintenance on a Honda Civic is $335, compared to an average of $453 for Compact Cars and $591 for all the vehicles RepairPal considered in its dataset.

According to RepairPal, Honda Civic owners bring their vehicles into a repair shop for unscheduled repairs an average of 0.8 times per year, compared to an average of 1.1 times for Compact Cars and 1.3 times for all the vehicles RepairPal considered in its dataset.

RepairPal reported that the probability of a repair being a severe or major issue is 9% for the Honda Civic, compared to an average of 12% for Compact Cars and 14% for all the vehicles RepairPal considered in its dataset.

Jeff Zurschmeide, Edmunds Contributor
Jeff Zurschmeide | Edmunds Contributor

Jeff Zurschmeide has been an automotive journalist for more than 20 years, covering the new car business as well as motorsports and industry news. He lives in Tillamook, Oregon, at the confluence of great roads, nice weather, and plenty of space for a collection of strange old automobiles.



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