Car reviews

Honda has no problem shifting Civics - they're brilliantly engineered, well equipped, good to drive and very reliable. But this car's slightly different. It's still all of those things, but there are fewer around as it's also a hybrid. If you know what that is then you're in an informed minority as eight out of ten buyers in the UK don't. It's essentially a petrol engine linked to an electric motor. When you brake or coast, the energy is captured to charge the battery for the electric motor. That means you get the power of a 1.6-litre engine, with the fuel consumption of a 1.1-litre.