Quick Facts
- Original starting price: $22,265 (sedan, including $995 destination fee); $23,215 (hatchback, including $1,015 destination fee); $38,910 (Type R, including $1,015 destination fee)
- Class: Compact Car
- Competitors: Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, Nissan Sentra, and Mazda3
- KBB.com Fair Purchase Price
Introduction
The Honda Civic is one of the most recognizable compact cars on the market. Known for its practicality, safety, and high resale value, the Honda Civic has become one of America’s favorite small vehicles. The 2021 Honda Civic is no exception and is fun to drive. Available in a variety of trims and formats, the Civic nestles comfortably at the intersection of athletic efficiency and reliability.
Using the power of choice to surge past its rivals, the 2021 Honda Civic arrives as either a compact sedan or hatchback. Dropping the sporty Si coupe for the 2021 model, the Honda Civic continues to lead with gentle pricing and an abundance of features. With front-wheel drive, generous interior space, excellent fuel economy, automatic climate control, and LED running lights, the 2021 Honda Civic is well-equipped even in its most basic form. It is no surprise that this generation of the Civic has taken home a series of prizes, including the Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Award. The high-performance variant, the Civic Type R, is a different animal. Expect it to be a rare sighting in CPO collections.
OEM CPO Warranty Program Highlights
- Limited Warranty: 4 years/48,000 miles or one year/12,000 miles, depending on the year purchased.
- Powertrain Warranty: 7 years/100,000 miles
- Roadside Assistance: For the duration of the limited warranty
- Complimentary Maintenance: 1 year during the limited warranty period
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Key Competitors
KBB Review Highlights
Easily recognizable, the 2021 Honda Civic rises high in a class crowded with the Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, Mazda3, and Nissan Sentra. Like its Honda siblings, the Civic arrives with an array of trims, sharp design, and generous fuel economy. Available as a sedan or a hatchback, the Civic is a fan favorite. The C-shaped taillights mark both trims. The sedan bears witness to Honda’s lineage with sleek lines. A high spoiler, a wider body, and oversized vents on the rear anchor the hatchback.
The streamlined lineup lets the 2021 Civic earn its chops as a class leader. The Civic also builds its credibility as a nimble winner with enough pep to handle your daily commute and still infuse a bit of fun in the journey. The 2021 Civic models use a front-wheel drive architecture. A continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) is standard, and you can find Sport and Sport Touring hatchbacks with a manual transmission. The only transmission in a Type R is a 6-speed manual. As you go up the trim lines, you get more interior features and an engine that bumps up the horsepower, delivers more torque, and brings a sportier, more powerful ride. Not to be missed for the sport-lovers is the track-ready Civic Type R. With its cult following and 306 hp coming from a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, it reminded testers of the sheer delight that driving can provide.
Comfort is at a premium and worked into the design of the Civic, eliminating many of the pain points of compact sedans with wider opening doors, smart seat placement, and improved space utilization. While good looks, generous legroom, and superb sound experiences run strongly throughout the Civic lineup, buyers who need to access Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will prefer the 7-inch touchscreen option over the smaller liquid crystal display (LCD) screen for ease of use. As you go up the trim lines beyond LX, you’ll find more elevated details like leather-trimmed seating, power-adjustable front seats, and a power liftgate in the hatchback.
In alignment with Honda’s brand promise of delivering safe, reliable vehicles at a value price, the 2021 Honda Civic comes well-equipped with all the space and comfort that compact sedan buyers crave.
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