Hexxeh Drives: Other peoples' cars

[dangel]

I think the plan was to fork the Civic (driven by old men, or the Type R driven by boy racers) into two distinct models. No old geezer would want to drive a current-shape space-age Civic.

As a result, I've only ever seen 50+ men behind the wheel of another Jazz

It'd be interesting to see if Honda are attracting younger buyers now - I must admit i really like the radical styling of the Civic (i'm a fan of the 'different') both inside and out. It's very buck rogers It's widely critised by some but how many cars are actually _interesting_ to look at nowadays? Even ford chickened out with the revised focus and beat it with the 'boring' stick.

Honda's intent was to drop a decade off their average age of buyer - that's a huge feat - from 40 to 30. Oh just found: "After 12 months on sale, the 2006 Civic has reduced the average age of the Civic buyer by seven years for petrol models and by 10 years for diesel models compared with the previous version" on Parkers. So there's your soluton - buy a Civic Type R and restore your manhood (whilst reducing your perceived age). Result!

[Konan555]

I must admit i really like the radical styling of the Civic (i'm a fan of the 'different') both inside and out. It's very buck rogers It's widely critised by some but how many cars are actually _interesting_ to look at nowadays? Even ford chickened out with the revised focus and beat it with the 'boring' stick.

I guess the acid test will be how boring the new civic becomes in the future.

Doesn't exactly stand out now, but doesn't look too dated for 24 years of design progress. 'Radical' to 'Dull' thanks to every manufacturer following suit.

After 20 years on sale, for most of which it was the best selling car in Britain, the Ford Cortina ceased production. Its successor was the aerodynamic Sierra, a range of hatchbacks and estates which quickly earned the nicknames "salesman's spaceship" and "jelly mould" due to their futuristic styling.

[Howard]

or




I know which I prefer

[Funkstar]

i'm not a fan of the current model, but even i prefer it to the old ones

[schmunk]

Stuff about Honda Civics

Well, I've just bought a breadvan Type-S...