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Civic 9th generation:
Civic and 9th Gen was designed on the basis of 8th Gen but if you ask me this was not an evolution, it was more a devolution again, we’ll discuss this shortly  8th generation Civic is the car which had set the benchmark in its category and I think probably it was one of the most hit and successful models of Civic before the 10th generation 1.8L engine was introduced in this generation Honda totally re-thought this car extremely, they thought it out of the box usually, the trend before this generation was to add incrementally changes to designs but with this generation with this specific car they actually redesigned the car, they thought totally out of the box and that is the reason got the nickname “Reborn” and this is the car, which had set the industry standard and the same standard, the same genes are still.

 Present in the latest 10th generation of Honda Civic it’s an important milestone for the Honda Company and this car category, both. talking about the trims introduced in this generation there were 4 trims the basic trim was a hard-top with manual transmission then there was a hard-top with Prosmatec the transmission than came the Oriel which represents the top of the line variant basically, it has a sunroof apart from a few other features then there were those 2 trims, Oriel with Manual & Oriel with Prosmatec transmission  So, let’s talk about its acceleration as the famous R18 the engine was introduced with this car so let’s test it’s 0-100km/h acceleration just to give you guys an idea about the engine improvement in terms of their acceleration.

However, please keep in mind obviously we are doing used car reviews, this is a used car so, the exact calculated time of acceleration of each car could be different depending upon factors like car mileage, maintenance road conditions, driver conditions so please keep all these factors in mind this is just an impression  So here’s a POV (Point of View) of the 8th generation Civic as I have mentioned earlier as well Honda thought about it outside the box if you look at the dash, for the first time ever a digital instrument cluster was introduced in a Civic this is a 2-tier cluster Honda famously called it 2-Tier, due to 2 different levels at the top, there is a speedometer along with the fuel & temperature gauges rest of the information including a tachometer (RPM), gear selector and other lights indicators are at the bottom, so it’s a 2-tier cluster moving towards its drive from the time of its launch till date, the drive of this car is really good the road grip, braking and handling are really good but, this car also had its fair share of issues. most importantly, the first issue was of its power steering.

Apparently, the pipe of power steering had an inherent defect. which drained the steering fluid and even at times led to a damaged steering rack. Secondly, it also had a serious issue with the catalytic converter. there is also an issue with its transmission adjuster which was inherited by the 9th generation Civic as well.  So, tell me about the availability of the spare parts of the 8th Gen Honda Civic. Is there any additional maintenance required apart from its regular maintenance?  , this car was a very hit (popular) model it still has a decent market demand this was the benchmark model all sorts of spare parts are easily available. starting from OEM manufactured parts even the parts which are fake replicas, coming in from China, by 3rd party vendors those parts are also available as far as the engine parts are concerned this has the exact same engine (R18) as the 9th and 10th generation Civic.

Spare Engine parts:
so, brand new engine parts are also available all sorts of spare parts are available in the market talking about the body parts, I am surprised that Honda Atlas also keeps a stock of body parts of 8th generation Civic although they are a bit expensive  they are overcharging in my opinion  They are indeed, some parts can be arranged from the scrap market or 3rd party vendors Original parts would probably be sourced at 40% less price but there isn’t much of an issue with its maintenance although its maintenance is slightly expensive due to its age older cars usually incur more issues as compared to the newer cars with new cars you don’t usually face major issues for the first few years however, used cars like these require some additional maintenance due to their age hence, the cost of replacing old parts is slightly expensive so it totally depends on you you can either get a brand new 660cc small hatchback in 16 lacs budget or get a used car like this, and keep some spare money for additional maintenance.

So, one of the differences in the 9th Gen Civic is of the Car Key which is a jack-knife style key, which was introduced with the 9th gen, let’s go for a drive now  Let’s make a comparison of this one and the 8th generation because… …more or less both cars are related to each other because… …they have the same engine, they have the same transmission.

One specific difference:
Hydraulic power steering:there’s one specific difference in their drive that’s in their steering the response which is due to the fact that the 8th generation Civic has Hydraulic power steering, whereas, the 9th generation Civic the one we are currently driving has an electronic power steering so this steering actually is quite light as compared to the hydraulic one found in the 8th gen Civic, however, its the major drawback is the lack of road connectivity as compared to the 8th Gen When you’re driving the 8th Gen Civic, you can precisely feel its steering response the feedback of the steering, that feeling is absent from this Civic the steering of 9th Gen Civic is quite vague and rough, However, being a light steering, it’s quite good for urban driving.

So another difference which you feel is from the driver’s perspective the 9th Gen Civic is much more driver-oriented if you look at its dash layout, its focused towards the driver and its i-MID display which is essential, an LCD also gives a much better look in terms of driver’s display, in fact, its the same thing which I mentioned earlier… evolution from the 8th generation digital odometer with 2 tier instrument cluster, with tachometer at the bottom and digital speedometer at the top then there’s the i-MID screen next to it, which I’d like to discuss in detail because of this i-Mid screen, the functionality and options which you get in it, are unfortunately not even available in the 10th generation of Pakistani Honda Civic.

I’ll be more specific about the missing functionalities when you open any the door of your vehicle there’s an individual indicator for each door in the i-MID the screen which is not present in the latest-gen Honda Civic it only shows the standard indicator that the door might be open whereas in this car (9th Gen) Civic, which is the previous generation it clearly shows you the individual a door that is open With every new model apart from a few exceptions usually car companies do some upgradations by introducing some new features same happened with the 9th Gen Civic as well For the first-ever in a Civic there was a factory fitted multimedia steering with the option of Cruise Control in the Oriel variant only whereas in hardtop variants, it was just a multimedia steering without the Cruise Control.

Exactly, and another addition was of the digital climate control it’s a Single Zone Digital Climate Control which means that the cabin temperature of the entire car can be digitally adjusted from 18 – 30 degree Celsius similarly, in this specific variant, Honda also gave a dedicated Econ Button practically speaking, it does not make a lot of difference in fuel average but in real terms you can get about half a KM/L better fuel average if you drive on Econ Mode  talking about the Digital Climate Control, only the Civic Oriel had it, not the hard-top variant in hardtop 9th gen Civic, it was a standard A/C control system with buttons whereas in the previous 8th generation Civic all the trims had physical A/C buttons.

So viewers, now we will further talk about the driveability of these cars and their differences as well, to begin with, the ground clearance of both cars was slightly different 9th generation Civic being slightly more in terms of ground clearance, whereas in the 8th generation people had a few complaints with respect to its ground clearance actually in 8th generation, the biggest complaint was that when you have all 5 seats occupied then the car used to scrape against the speed breakers very often and Honda essentially addressed that problem in the 9th generation Civic they gave it a slightly better ground clearance yet again, I would emphasize there wasn’t a major difference in the ground.

clearance there was a slight improvement in it to ensure that with the same load, car wouldn’t scrape against the speed breakers like the 8th generation used to do however, this also came at a cost of ride quality in 9th generation of Civic, you actually feel the difference in road grip than its predecessor (8th gen Civic) especially when you are driving on an uneven road then you actually feel the bouncy ride of the car you feel yourself going up and down with it, 8th generation Civic was relatively much more stable and definitely smoother it used to travel flat on the exact same surface and on the same road .

Difference of Fuel:
Exactly, so , another difference which we need to talk about is a very important difference which is of the Fuel Economy so, tell me about the difference between the fuel the economy of 9th Gen and 8th Gen Honda Civic 8th generation is known for it’s poor fuel average people say that it consumes a lot of fuel that is true to quite an extent I think due to the little tweaks in the 9th gen Civic and a few other factors like a slightly more aerodynamic shape, slightly better steering in terms of engine load, the electronic power steering does not have an additional load on engine so all these factors combined, the difference in fuel consumption is about 1-1.5 KM/L between the 2 cars, 9th gen Civic having a slightly better fuel average and I think part maybe some of that part goes to that Econ button as well another thing which started from the 8th Gen Civic and was followed in the 9th Gen.

Civic as well but was changed in the 10th generation of Civic was that in both 8 & 9 Gen Civic their wipers had cross-movement you can also call them scissor wipers, as they moved on the opposite direction on the windscreen so the view of the front passenger was wiped and made clear as well whereas in 10th generation Civic, those are back to traditional wipers which move in the same direction and here’s the POV view of the 9th generation Civic we try to bring the POV of every car for you this would give you an idea of the driver’s perspective from the driving seat One very major improvement made after the 8th generation Civic, this area, this pillar had a very bad blind spot in the 8th generation Civic which was improved significantly in the 9th generation Civic this was a major issue in the 8th gen Civic, which was addressed by

Honda in the 9th generation Civic However, even now in the 9th gen Civic, I would say that if you compare its visibility to the 10th generation Civic, which we covered in detail as well is still not as good as the front visibility of the 10th gen Civic, however, it’s still much better than that of the 8th generation Civic  So, since we are trying to educate our viewers as well if they are in the market for a used 9th generation Honda Civic so in In your opinion, what would be its ideal price?

Price of Both:it’s really hard to pinpoint the ideal price as there are probably hundreds of factors, which determine the price of a used car you cannot exactly compare its pricing its a used car everyone has their own demand in the market, however, we’ll take good care for a reference with original mileage, well maintained and non-accidented as far as my evaluation goes if you are going for a basic a variant in manual transmission from 2012 probably starting from 16 lacs and 2016 model would be for 21 lacs, or perhaps maximum 22 lacs only if the car is in great shape, this should be your price for the manual transmission, and if you are talking about the Prosmatec transmission a very clean, a very good car from 2012, Oriel Prosmatec top of the line that should be priced around 18-19 lac and the worth of the 2016 model Oriel Prosmatec would be maximum 24 lacs because then I mean why shouldn’t I go for that one (next generation) I would rather stretch my budget to get the newer, 10th generation Honda Civic but again, this is my evaluation, please don’t quote me on these figures  So, this was the Detailed Comparison of the Honda Civic 8th & 9th Generation.

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