Outsider an economical choice?
The Honda Civic is not very popular in our country. Special actually, because it is a good driving machine. The current, eleventh generation Civic is – unless you choose the Type R – always equipped with the special e:HEV powertrain, the previous one was also available with 1.0 and 1.5. Today we examine the practical consumption of those engines.
To be clear: we are looking at the tenth generation Honda Civic, which was delivered between 2017 and 2022. Its existence in the margin means that we have to make do with less data than with more mainstream models, but a nice indication of the fuel consumption in practice it sure does.
Consumption Civic 1.0 i-VTEC
We kick off with the smallest engine, the 1.0-liter three-cylinder i-VTEC turbo with an output of 129 hp. This means that the users achieve an average consumption of 1 to 15.2 (6.7 l/100 km).
This average is not entirely representative, because one user influences the average very positively with a consumption of exactly 1 in 20 (5 l/100 km). It turns out not to be an input error, but we are dealing with a consciously economical driver. In the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor it is possible to provide a brief explanation for each fill-up. This economy king writes at one of his fill-ups: “Factory specification 5.1 liters per 100 km, so if you do your very best you can!”
The least economical Civic 1.0 i-VTEC does exactly the opposite. With a sporty driving style, the driver notes an average of 1 to 13.1 (7.6 l/100 km).
Consumption Civic 1.5 i-VTEC
Remarkably enough, drivers of a Civic with 182 hp 1.5 four-cylinder show a more favorable average. That is no less than 1 in 17.8 (5.7 l/100 km). The most economical driver has devoured more than 140,000 kilometers in just under three years. The average consumption? 1 in 20.1. Also the least economical Civic 1.5 i-VTEC in the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor with 1 in 15.8 (6.3 l/100 km) does not have to be ashamed.
We don’t often see the larger four-cylinder being more economical than a small three-cylinder under the line and, again, that may well be because there is little data available, especially for the 1.5. What we do see is that an economical driver can push both engines to 1 in 20. In normal use, the Civic 1.0 i-VTEC seems less fuel efficient than a 1.0 EcoBoost in a Ford Focus or Opel’s 1.0 Turbo in an Astra. The 1.5 i-VTEC, in turn, is able to leave comparably powerful engines of the competition far behind in terms of consumption.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl