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Feels Expensive - 2016 Honda Civic Long-Term Road Test
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Feels Expensive - 2016 Honda Civic Long-Term Road Test
Our 2016 Honda Civic might be a little more expensive compared to some of its competition, but it feels much more expensive from behind the wheel.
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I'm actually surprised Honda has only just started adding a brake hold feature. That has been pretty much standard fare for more automakers for the last 5 years.
I'm not talking about electronic parking brakes. That is entirely unrelated to a brake-hold function.
@mrvtecski,
I was not talking about electronic parking brakes, I was talking about basic brake holding functionality which is EVERYWHERE now. However, I now understand what you are talking about after I did a brief Google search. You are right, that is definitely not standard fare. I had no idea Honda had adopted this feature. Honestly, I'm surprised more have not. MB has been offering a feature similar to this for a decade now and it can be extremely convenient in certain situations.
I don't think the price of the Civic is outrageous. What is outrageous is the price of new pickup trucks. The LT F-150, for instance, is $50,000 and it's an XLT mid-level model. For the $27,000 Civic touring you get full LED lighting, Android Auto and Apple Carplay, Lane Keeping and automatic collision braking, front and rear heated seats, sunroof etc. To get a similarly equipped F-150 (no Android or Apple interface or collision warnings at any price) you will have to cough up nearly 70 grand. Keep in mind that once you go past the cab there is nothing there, just an empty bed. There is a reason trucks are cash cows for automakers, if you pay full sticker price they make nearly $20,000 profit. Even heavily discounted they still make a good 10 grand profit on each one sold.
"There has been plenty of discussion about the cost of our 2016 Honda Civic. With a base price of just over $27,000, it's on the expensive side for a sedan in its class."
... since he references "the cost of OUR 2016 Honda Civic", it's clear to me that rather than talking about the entire Civic range, he's talking about the test unit, which is the "just over $27000" Touring model.
If he reworded it as:
"There has been plenty of discussion about the cost of our 2016 Honda Civic, which is the Touring model with a base price of just over $27,000. As such, it's on the expensive side for a sedan in its class."
... it would clarify that the "base price" that he listed is for the Touring model, not the entire lineup.
Not misleading nor poorly researched, I believe, just potentially subject to misinterpretation.