2019 Honda Civic Coupe Review : Still a Winning Formula
The Honda Civic is and has been for many, many years the best-selling car in Canada, and there are several very good reasons why – from overall value to driving pleasure to practicality to fuel economy to… add in your own here. Not wanting to get complacent with its juggernaut, Honda decided to add a Sport version of the model’s sedan and coupe variants to the product offering. The same winning formula is called on, and it’s safe to say the Civic is not about to cede its place of honour in the Canadian market.
Give yourself a treat… at a reasonable price
We had the occasion to test drive the Sport version of the Civic Coupe, decked in a fabulous yellow that’s mighty easy to spot in the Costco parking lot. The Civic Sport comes just after the LX in the model lineup, and it borrows some elements of the Civic Si.
For 2019 Honda gave the model a modest exterior design tweak, notably with a new lower cowl in front, as well as a distinctively shaped central exhaust tip in back.
This version also gets shiny exterior accents and a wing on the trunk, just to help distinguish the Sport from the LX version.
The yellow of our tester contrasted nicely with the black 18-inch wheels, front-headlight frames and front grille. In my view this does wonders and makes the Honda Civic Sport a much more attractive car, one that’s really distinctive on the road.
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