Kiadaw 6th Gear January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 The focus on power has long vanished. Now its economy and emissions that are joint kings. Look at what Mazda did with their skyactive engines. They used the high compression ratio to make the engine more efficient and frugal instead of keeping the same FC and giving their cars more power. Petrol heads like us are becoming dinosaurs liao. You can get good fuel economy, decent power, & low emission from a lot of engines these days. The TSI engine in Golf or Jetta for instance, or the ecoboost from ford. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiadaw 6th Gear January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 (edited) Quoted for truth. If people say they buy civic for it's Honda badge when a Jetta is available, I dunno what else to call it. Plain ignorance or utter stupidity. New civic is the old altis. Jetta is nice, but I will top up a bit to get the Passat. How much does the Passat cost these days. The new Passat is damn chio, & its the 2nd best selling car in Germany after Golf. Edited January 16, 2012 by Kiadaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 You can get good fuel economy, decent power, & low emission from a lot of engines these days. The TSI engine in Golf or Jetta for instance, or the ecoboost from ford. The problem is decent power I'm sure other petrolheads would like to have more power at the expense of fuel economy and the environment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodCar 4th Gear January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 Buy Chevrolet Cruze better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coupecabriolet Clutched January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 Jetta is nice, but I will top up a bit to get the Passat. How much does the Passat cost these days. The new Passat is damn chio, & its the 2nd best selling car in Germany after Golf. Passat is a good choice, if comparing mid size sedans with Japanese or Korean offerings, my choice will not be accord or camry. I will take Passat or KIA Optima or Hyundai i45 You seem to love wagon hor. I prefer skoda superb combi, sleek looks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relagsingh 4th Gear January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 http://www.sgcarmart.com/news/events_features.php?AID=2514 SAy byebye to sales Honda... This version of the US exterior was rated not recommended in the Consumer Reports. Kah Motor should have brought in the UK version which would had a better appeal to the locals I thought it was a joke cuz it looks like the current CITY until I saw the back end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuelsaver Supercharged January 16, 2012 Share January 16, 2012 +1 same sentiment Front like new city; back like old city... It's the head n tail lights... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En0203 2nd Gear January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 1.6litre Max Power (bhp): 125 @ 6,500 rpm WTF!!!!! HOW MANY YEARS ALREADY STILL 125 BHP FROM A 1.6?!?!?! Relative to Honda Civic current gen (released in 2006), the improvement is ZERO actually the improvement is negative if you consider the look But then don't be surprised to see that it's still selling like hot cakes consider the number of H badge fan boys we have in Singapore having said that, 125 for a 1.6 NA is very good already, I think very hard to improve with current tech unless they SC/TC it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Wonder how many speed is the gearbox for the auto 1.6 and 1.8? The article didn't state anything about the gearbox. This new gen 9 civic is available in 5-speed 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0L in sg. Looks like the design not nice as compared to gen 8 civic, maybe because the gen 8 civic design too nice liao?! I think this civic still can sell, cause i think there are still many hardcore honda fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Wonder how many speed is the gearbox for the auto 1.6 and 1.8? The article didn't state anything about the gearbox. This new gen 9 civic is available in 5-speed 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0L in sg. Looks like the design not nice as compared to gen 8 civic, maybe because the gen 8 civic design too nice liao?! I think this civic still can sell, cause i think there are still many hardcore honda fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civic6228 6th Gear January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 This new gen 9 civic is available in 5-speed 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0L in sg. Looks like the design not nice as compared to gen 8 civic, maybe because the gen 8 civic design too nice liao?! I think this civic still can sell, cause i think there are still many hardcore honda fans. The fact is that for the same amount of $$$, the alternative is a Jetta which will provide stiff competition to the Civic. I am curious and waiting to see how it will perform in the market. A lot of the Gen 8 Civic owners have already changed to the Jetta. In terms of look, for this segment of the market, the Elantra looks the best but the look will not last. For this segment, I would likely go for the Jetta. I have a hardcore Honda neighbour, he has been driving Civics all his life and even change from pre FL to FL model for the ES and FD models. It would be interesting to see if he change his time, he has been driving his current FD for 4 years now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kar_lover Supercharged January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Front horrible, tail lights look like the old Camry and accord combined together..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 You can get good fuel economy, decent power, & low emission from a lot of engines these days. The TSI engine in Golf or Jetta for instance, or the ecoboost from ford. Well said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyt 4th Gear January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 cos japanese cars like honda nice to zng? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 The fact is that for the same amount of $$$, the alternative is a Jetta which will provide stiff competition to the Civic. I am curious and waiting to see how it will perform in the market. A lot of the Gen 8 Civic owners have already changed to the Jetta. In terms of look, for this segment of the market, the Elantra looks the best but the look will not last. For this segment, I would likely go for the Jetta. I have a hardcore Honda neighbour, he has been driving Civics all his life and even change from pre FL to FL model for the ES and FD models. It would be interesting to see if he change his time, he has been driving his current FD for 4 years now. It's time for your neighbour to change his 4 year old civic to the new civic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyke Supercharged January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 taillights look like Camry, both int & ext look so ugly, might as well get similiarly priced Jetta... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyt 4th Gear January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 i wouldnt go jetta cos i still have the mindset on continental cars reliability and after-sales. i will still stick to japanese..call me mountain tortoise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitpot Clutched January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Non-hybrid Civic (SGCARMART) Look at the link.... The earlier link posted was for the hybrid... This dont look so "city"... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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