Car review: Honda Civic SE

Further acquaintance with Honda’s latest Civic has done nothing to take the shine off this impressive little car. Actually this 10^th-generation Civic isn’t that little – it’s a fair chunk bigger than the last version and is much better to drive.

Honda has squeezed 130hp from a three-cylinder turbocharged one-litre petrol engine, and even though there is a 184hp 1.5-litre four-cylinder variant, the less powerful car is the better to drive, being lighter, more nimble and more enjoyable.

After a couple of thousand miles my only criticism is there is a fair bit of tyre roar at motorway speeds and one day the dashboard warning lights flashed up like a Christmas tree and the adaptive cruise control stopped working. The next morning normal service was resumed and it has never happened again.