2021 has passed, today to recall, last year a full year of driving cars, the Japanese basically few, in addition to the Guangzhou Auto Show during the rental of a Asiatic Lion for a few days, and the new Highlander, it seems that there has not been another Japanese new car to drive. To be honest, I didn't like Toyota even more after driving the Asiatic Lion last time, so to a certain extent, I didn't have a particularly big interest in Japanese brands, but until the new Civic was launched, I was once again curious about whether it was still as "rotten" as before.
So the protagonist of this article, is the new eleventh generation Civic, I got the car is the top of the 4S shop with test drive, the official guidance price of 163,900, honestly I only deeply opened the ten generations of Civic, and it has been two or three years ago, so many specific details of the impression is not clear, but the chassis of the tenth generation of Civic gives me a relatively poor impression, in contrast, the eleventh generation has optimized a lot in this regard, which I will talk about later.
● Static
The change in the appearance of the eleventh generation Of Civic is very large, compared to the previous generation of products and Hatchback version, the middle span is only a year, as if overnight from "boy" to "man", the edges and corners are smoother, but the appearance of this thing is a matter of opinion, I myself anyway feel that there is no good look of the previous generation, less of a young man's sharpness.
The interior is a brand new design, even the shape of the steering wheel has been changed, the grip is more comfortable than before, the overall atmosphere and texture have a more obvious improvement than the tenth generation, my favorite is this honeycomb mesh metal cover that runs through the entire dashboard, the air conditioning outlet is very good "hidden", the overall sense is stronger, but I don't know if it will be easy to accumulate dust and difficult to manage, the owners can say it in the comment area.
In addition, there are also central control and full LCD instruments, just when I thought it was the standard of the whole series, I checked the low-end version, and its instrument is like this - this left is a liquid crystal, the right is a mechanical instrument design, I last saw it was still in the last time.
▲High-end version of the dashboard
▲Low-end version of the dashboard
The wind direction adjustment is through these levers, but the middle two air outlets I am stunned that I have not found a completely closed switch. The wireless charging panel of the mobile phone has been added to the center console, and there is no difference between the gear and the original, and friends who are not familiar with Honda are likely to pull to S or L stops, such as me.
The front seats have a particularly low hip point and a very combative sitting posture, which I like. In terms of space, I felt average, I pulled another friend to do a test, his height and weight is 170cm/62kg, I am 178cm/85kg, the front row is his normal sitting position, I sit in the back leg space has more than 1 punch, but the other shadow leopard and Asiatic lion in the same field are 2 punches.
Here are some details that I personally don't really like:
First of all, the vibration of the front window is very large when it is opened and closed, and the deformation of the door panel is visible to the naked eye, which suddenly lowers the precision of the whole car, compared with the shadow leopard in this regard.
The second is shaking, don't think that the four-cylinder machine is not shaking, especially when idling to open the door - or take the shadow leopard comparison, the same naked eye can see the high and low judgment - but this does not affect the daily use after closing the door, belongs to my personal complaint about the details.
Finally, there is the opening and closing of the doors, especially the rear doors, which I call the "full-section damping design", the hinges are particularly tightly tightened, without any sense of inhalation, and I finally know why so many people on my car like to slam the doors, it is likely that they are used to these designs, otherwise they will not close.
I later "clouded" a bit, it may be because of the Japanese projectile land, parking spaces are relatively narrow, at this time, if the paragraph like my own car is obviously clear, it is likely that the small opening can not pull the first section of the position will be sucked back, it is inconvenient to get on and off the car, and the design like Civic is much better.
The above points, go to the 4S store to see it yourself.
● Dynamic
This time I was lucky to have ABOX, so we measured some objective data, and different venues will also lead to different results, so these data will be looked at.
Test linear acceleration is the way of S-block catapult starting, it can be clearly felt that when it is below 3000rpm, the power explosion of the Civic can not come out, so there is no push back feeling in the starting two or three seconds, and when the speed is pulled to 3000 rpm, the power is shot out at once, the push back feeling is continuous and relatively strong, does this make Honda fans think of VTEC?
The foot feeling of the brake is very good, the front, middle and rear sections with the pedal input are very linear, the operating force is just right, it is very easy to get started, the overall brake pull feeling is still very strong, but look at the test results are not bad, guess should be this set of Yokohama tires are relatively poor, while the site adhesion coefficient is not too high caused.
The pile winding part this time adopts the method of variable radius, a total of 6 piles, from 18 meters pile spacing has been reduced to 12 meters, this test method can better perceive the accuracy and limit of the steering is controllable.
Eleven generation Civic in the process of winding the pile showed a good steering accuracy, but due to the tire reasons, the limit is not high, around the third pile will be obvious to feel the push head, the second pile directly can not go in, if you change a set of tires should be able to improve a lot, the overall or Honda's previous "limit low but limit thick" feeling.
In addition, although the hip point of this car is relatively low, the roll center should be set relatively high, so the roll is still quite obvious, which belongs to the setting of the comfort and sexual orientation of the family car, and the "new benchmark of sports aesthetics" can not be hung up.
● Everyday experience
The powertrain did not move much, just optimized for the country 6b, or the golden combination of the earth dream + CVT, the drivability of impeccable smoothness, efficiency, comfort, as long as you are not thinking about violent driving under the track, this car can give you a good daily use experience, and if you want to kick down a cool, this set of powertrains still needs reaction time, which has been described in the previous straight-line acceleration part, here will not be repeated, understand all understand.
Highlight my favorite part, and where the Eleventh Generation Civic has improved the most:
The ten generations of Civic gives me the impression that the second-order smoothness is very poor, and the noise and vibration in the carriage are obvious when encountering high-frequency road excitations such as continuous small shocks and large particle asphalt pavements.
(If you don't understand what is second-order compliance, you can turn to my previous article to see, which details some knowledge and classification of the subjective evaluation of the chassis, I believe it will be a little helpful to you.) Click to review: What exactly is the chassis "whole" and "premium"? Subjective evaluation engineer to speak)
And the new Civic is definitely under the ground in this regard, vibration and noise are well controlled, there is a very strong European car of the chassis feeling, all of a sudden advanced, while discrete impact and body movement control is also good, the shock wave peak is rounded, the sound is small, the body back to steady and rapid.
And I remember that when the tenth generation passed some roads with large impacts or relatively high vibration frequencies, there would be obvious resonance in the carriages such as A-pillars and roofs, and the eleventh generation Civic also did a lot better in this regard, at least in the 2 days I drove, I did not find this phenomenon.
In terms of overall comfort, the eleventh generation Civic can definitely be worthy of this price point is also in line with the family, bidding farewell to the angular and cheap feeling of the past.
The steering aspect is relatively general, the steering force with the angle of the gain is not large, but with the speed gain is still better, the damping is set very moist, suitable for girls to open, the steering wheel grip has a good improvement than before, but always the electronic flavor is too strong, and the sense of road basically bid farewell. The steering response is more linear, very easy to get started, and at the same time, when high speed, the straight-forward stability is also good, and it is more comfortable to drive.
In terms of NVH, although the new Civic has strengthened the vibration and sound insulation of the chassis, the road noise is still more obvious, and when the engine accelerates, although the sound is smaller than the original, it is also more obvious. However, the overall feeling is not bad, but for these two aspects, if you can optimize it again, maybe it is to save some face for accords.
● Summary
The new Civic gives me the feeling that, in addition to the appearance, the driving experience has also smoothed out the edges and corners and become better. It is like the growth of the spirit guy, from reckless to mature, learn how to handle things smoothly, learn how to serve people with virtue, as a 150,000-level family car, if you do not have a clear goal to buy a car, then buying Civic is not wrong.
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