 Here's up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I review new cars, trucks, SUVs on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2020 Honda Civic Sedan, courtesy of Apple Honda in York PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so I ended this one today because not only did I used to sell Hondas for a brief period of time, but I have actually owned three of them in my lifetime so far, back when I had an insane commute to work every single day. And they did go over 200,000 miles very easily for me, so that's always a plus. And that is backed up by the above average reliability rating by Consumer Reports, if you wanted to simply take a look at that. And so you guys may already know, I did review the 2020 Civic hatchback earlier in the year, and I'll leave a link to that particular video at the very end of this video. So, did want to check out a video and make one specific to the Civic Sedan. So therefore, I will be going over everything about this one today, testing out everything I can. So, what do you say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as expected, there are several different trim levels for the 2020 Civic Sedan. First one being the LX, starting at $20,650. Sport starting at $21,550. EX starting at $23,800. EXL, which is the one we are actually in today, starting at $25,000 even. And lastly, the Touring starting at $27,700. Then when it comes to the power plant on the Civic Sedan, there are actually two of them dependent upon the trim level that you go with. And so, for the LX and the Sport trim levels, that one is going to be powered by a two-liter, naturally aspirated inline four-cylinder, putting out 158 horsepower at 6,500 RPM, 138 pound-feet of torque available at 4,200 RPM. Power sent to the front wheels through a six-speed manual for the Sport trim level only. That is the only trim level you can get that six-speed on if you wanted to go with the manual configuration or a CVT with paddle shifters, which is available on the Sport coming standard on the LX. Zero to 60 time for that particular engine setup comes in at approximately 8.2 seconds, which is identical to the 2020 Toyota Corolla. With MPG numbers coming in at 25 in the city, 36 highway for the manual, 30 in the city, 38 on the highway for the CVT, either way, taking regular unledded fuel, AKA 87 octane. That's it, but then there is the other engine setup available for all other trim levels, being a 1.5-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder, the one we have today, putting out 174 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 162 pound-feet of torque available from the power band of 1,700 to 5,500 RPM. Power sent to the front wheels through a CVT once again with paddle shifters if you go with the touring trim level, otherwise you're not gonna get those paddle shifters. Zero to 60 time for this engine setup coming in at 6.8 seconds. Quite a substantial difference there and absolutely blows the Corolla out of the water when it comes to this particular engine setup. MPG numbers 32 in the city, 42 on the highway with the EX and EXL trims at least, 30 in the city, 38 highway for the touring. That's due in part because the touring does have a larger wheel and tire combination, so that is gonna reduce the MPGs there in case anybody was curious. But 42 MPGs on the trim level that we have today, that is absolutely ridiculous you guys. And so to go along with that though, let me mention to you guys the econ button located just behind the shifter. And so back when I owned my three Civics, I of course did play with that econ button and I had an hour 45 minute commute to work into the Inner Harbor every single day and I pushed that econ button because the majority of my drive was highway driving and what I found is that econ button essentially added 10 miles per gallon, believe it or not. I was getting 50 miles per gallon on the highway in a car that was rated for 40 on the highway. So I would imagine this might do even better than that. If you have a lot of highway driving at least and you press that econ button because what that button is actually going to do is adjust the shift points of course and the climate control settings as well. So on a hot day, if you have the AC on, it is gonna reduce that AC I found which is kind of the trade-off but if you can deal with that, you're gonna get some insane miles per gallon even more so than the already insane number that the Civic gives you. But so anyways, now having mentioned all of that, what do you guys say? I think it is time, let's do a quick little acceleration test see if it really does feel like 6.8 seconds. It's gonna be going slightly up a hill here but that's okay. I think the Civic can handle it. Let's go ahead and come to a stop on our trusty bridge here and five, four, three, two, one, go! Oh, okay. Not bad, not bad actually. Definitely not gonna have any issues of merging onto the highway I'm coming off of driving the Honda Fit so it is quite substantially quicker than that of course but actually not that much quicker than I remember but I never had this engine setup in the Honda Civics that I personally owned but this thing is a lot quicker than I remember for a Honda Civic and this isn't even the SI so well done Honda, I do like that acceleration. That was pretty good. Having said that, the CVT is still a little emotionless but it is a good transmission for the Honda Civic. I will say that but I would have preferred maybe a conventional automatic or a DCT just to give the car a bit more emotion and that's just personal preference on my end but anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always you guys, braking is equally important and so up front you will find 11.1 inch ventilated front disc and the back 10.2 inch solid rear disc as far as that 60 to zero braking distance number goes for the 2020 Civic it comes in at 113 feet which isn't bad, I gotta be honest. For comparison's sake, the 2020 Toyota Corolla comes in at 119 feet, the Honda Fit I just reviewed since it's fresh in my mind comes in at 126 feet so 113 feet is definitely pretty darn good if you ask me, so no issues there. As far as the braking feel goes it's been again perfectly fine. There's no brake pedal delay or anything like that certainly brings you to a quick stop so I do like the braking feel and that's certainly good for a commuter car as well. I've been touching on suspension and handling a bit. Up front you're gonna get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back multi-link rear suspension. Thank you for Honda for not throwing a Torsen beam rear axle back there. Front and rear stabilizer bars coming standard with the sport trim level and up so not the LX. You do have to go with the sport trim level if you want those front and rear stabilizer bars. Of course giving you a little better handling around the turns on the back roads. As far as ride quality goes actually feels a lot smoother than I remember so pleasantly surprised there but perhaps my favorite part about this new Honda Civic as I am about to turn back onto the road here is the steering feel. It is much weightier actually than I remember so well done Honda for that. And then when it comes to cabin noise I am getting a little bit of road noise coming into the cabin here but it's not too bad. It's pretty much as expected for the Honda Civic but I did want to mention that. It's probably not something that's gonna bother me personally but it may bother you so I wanted to mention that. Then touching on visibility a little bit I can see perfectly fine out the back and really with any sedan you're definitely not gonna have any issues there so that is definitely a plus as well. And to go along with that actually touching on visibility there are rain sensing windshield wipers coming standard with the touring trim level only. Essentially what that is when the Civic detects any kind of rainfall or mist it will automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you kind of like automatic headlights so it's just one last thing you have to worry about when you're actually driving so you can better focus more of your attention on the drive itself so that's definitely a big plus as well. And again along the lines of visibility there is of course Honda Lane Watch that comes with the EX, EXL and touring trim levels and what that is is when you put on your right turn signal there's actually a camera in that right side mirror and that is going to display up on the infotainment screen what is in your blind spots you're less likely to turn into somebody in that blind spot on the highway perhaps so that is a huge plus big safety feature as well. It's kind of Honda's version of the blind spot monitoring system I guess you could say but that about rounds out the performance segment of this review let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this new 2020 Honda Civic sedan. All right here she is you guys the 2020 Honda Civic sedan. Let's go ahead and start up front. So to the sides all trim levels but the touring will come standard with projector beam halogen headlights with the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark out at night they will turn on automatically for you then. LED daytime running lights also coming standard however LED headlights coming with the touring trim level only that is how you're going to go ahead and get those fog lights though down below will come standard with the sport trim level and up did want to add along those lines gloss black fog light surrounds coming with the sport trim level however since we have the EXL today you're going to find those chrome surrounds or that chrome perimeter around the fog lights basically for all other trim levels with the fog lights besides the sport and of course at the very bottom you guys can see that front mounted intercooler since we do have the turbo charged engine set up today that always looks good behind there and going ahead and making our way to the side of the Civic sedan chrome windows surrounds coming standard amber colored front fender lighting and I know that's a US thing but I would swap those out to clear fender lighting in a split second but nonetheless they are there body colored power adjustable side mirrors will come standard they will be heated for the EX trim level and up and they will come with LED integrated turd signals for the touring trim level and up then take a look down at the wheel setup 16 inch wheels with covers will come with the LX trim level 17 inch alloy wheels which you are looking at right now will come with the EX and EXL trims I love the double five spoke design love that the color of those wheels matches our exterior paint color just perfectly as well and of course 18 inch alloy wheels coming standard with the sport and touring trim level so bumped up that wheel size once again and although the sport touring trims do come with the same size wheels style wise they are going to differ slightly with gloss black inserts coming with the sport and a gloss gray insert coming with the touring trim level and I did want to mention in addition to that that touring trim is also going to add chrome door handles as well but so then going ahead and making our way to the back body colored rear spoiler coming with the EX trim level and up you will find a gloss black rear spoiler of course with the sport trim level that's it's theme as far as the taillights go they will come with LED integrated light bars of course you will have some trim level badging if you go with either the sport or the touring trims all other trims will completely eliminate that trim level badging as Honda was always known to do back in the day but for the sport and touring trim you still have that back there but chrome accenting found on the lower portion of that rear bumper and I did want to add to that there is a black rear diffuser with a single chrome exhaust outlet if you go with the sport so actually for all other trims that exhaust will be tucked away which is currently what you guys are looking at right now so what do you say you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip it's up and now since we are around back when it comes to opening that rear trunk there actually is a button on the key fob there's also a button on the driver's side door and of course a button on the trunk itself there are several different ways to go about doing that once opened up cargo capacity is going to come in at 15.1 cubic feet for all trims but the touring touring trim level is actually going to give you 14.7 cubic feet so slightly less probably not really anything where you're actually going to notice the difference though but for comparison's sake the Toyota Corolla comes in at 13 cubic feet even so a little bit more space when it comes to the Honda Civic sedan there if that was not enough space though these rear seats do fold down there is a 6040 split adding a good bit of extra space there and you will find cargo lighting in that back area as well then make your way to the rear legroom that comes in at 37.4 inches so for reference I'm an even six feet tall this is how much space I had back there again for comparison's sake the 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan comes in at 41.4 inches so little bit more rear legroom with the Corolla but a little bit more cargo space for the Civic sedan so I guess that's the trade-off for those rear passengers in the Civic though they will find a rear seat center armrest with cup holders for the EX trim level and up there's also a passenger side seat mat pocket if they wanted to store their maps or perhaps some toys for kids really and they do want to mention heated rear seats actually coming standard on the touring trim level that is definitely a big old plus as well then make our way to the front seats manually adjustable claw seats for the LX and sport trim levels eight-way power adjustable driver seat for the EX trim level and up that is definitely something that I appreciated when I first hopped in this one leather seating coming of course with the EXL meaning leather and touring trim levels heated front seats for the EX trim level and up also four-way power adjustable passenger seat if you were to go with the touring trim level but to then take a look at the steering wheel one of my favorite parts about this new Civic sedan it is tilt and telescoping for all trim levels it is leather wrapped for the sport trim level and up and I say it's one of my favorite parts not only because of the steering feel which is a little bit weightier than I'm used to but the 10 and two grips are actually bolstered quite nicely a lot of times in compact cars they're gonna be kind of wimpy kind of smaller I guess you could say but in the Civic sedan it's actually quite nice a little bit thicker grips there so I definitely appreciate that then when it comes to the startup let me first start by showing you guys the key here you do have your Honda logo on the one side and when you flip it over lock unlock that button to pop the rear hatch and you guys see that circular button towards the bottom there that is your remote start and that is gonna come standard on the CVT sport trim level and up and again with the sport trim level and up you will also get a push button start which is located just by the driver's right knee so all I am going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button there it's up at then what started up engine temp is all the way to your left fuel information on your right and essentially everything else is gonna be located front and center including the tachometer there is a digital speedometer within that tachometer and to control anything else that you wanna be displayed up there there are actually steering wheel mounting controls found on the left side of this one so that's gonna give you a bunch of different things you can scroll through like how many miles you'll have left until you hit empty when you need your next oil change there's your Bluetooth information up there radio information, a ton of different things you can actually check out up there if you wanted to and take a look at overall interior quality the power and moon roof that we have here today is gonna come with the EX trim level and up dual zoom climbing control once again with the EX trim level and up auto dimming rear view mirror with home link controls that is gonna come with the EXL that we have today and touring and so that gives you home link controls or garage door openers for up to three different garage doors found on the bottom portion of that rear view mirror and that's always nice cause the alternative is that rattling garage door opener found on the sun visor so I'm always a big fan of home link controls for that particular reason sport pedals found on the sport trim level of course and touring trim levels perhaps my one room for improvement when it comes to interior quality with the Civic is there's no ambient lighting that comes standard you can get it as an accessory I've seen on the website but it goes for like $900 and at that price point it's not really worth it but cars like the Volkswagen Jetta do give the ambient lighting for up to like 10 different color choices too so that's pretty cool so I would have loved to have seen that on the Honda Civic so Honda perhaps in the next generation throw in some ambient lighting that would be pretty cool especially for the buyers that are buying the Civic I think that's something they would definitely like but overall certainly not a bad finish whatsoever very nice finish and I love this design that they have just behind the infotainment screen it ties together well with the doors a lot of very nice stitched leather found on the door as well as just above the passenger side glove box and the seats themselves are actually super comfy and I like that they're a gray leather as opposed to your stitter black leather that's also a huge plus for me at least just in front of the shifter you actually have a little USB connection port but that is gonna be it there because most of your wires are gonna be stored underneath of that and I always like that the Civic does that you do have a 12 volt power outlet found underneath there any USB charging port down there too but it's kind of like out of sight out of mind it gives you a much cleaner look so that is the reason I absolutely love that so you just simply have that one USB port right in front of the shifter there and kind of tucks the wires underneath that's pretty cool there's an electromechanical parking brake just behind the shifter along with a brake hold button there there's also dual cup holders just behind the shifter as well and of course within your center armrest you have a little sliding tray and a fairly deep storage area actually as well so it kind of surprised me how deep that was so that was pretty cool too but overall an actual very nice interior quality in my personal opinion again, a lot of stitched leather a lot of nice designs to it so overall I'm perfectly happy with the interior here but now let's take a look at the tech display so it is gonna differ amongst the trim levels five inch color LCD screen with the LX trim however all other trims will give you a seven inch color touch screen display either way you get Bluetooth and audio streaming but when it comes to Android, Auto and Apple CarPlay that's only going to be with the seven inch color touch screen display so you're gonna have to go with any of the other trims but the LX to get that so that's important because all you need to do then is hook your smartphone up to the Civic that is gonna give you free navigation displayed up on the infotainment screen as well as the ability to like and dislike your Pandora songs you can stream YouTube music up there there's a bunch of compatible apps really so that's definitely a huge plus for me at least the factory navigation system is gonna come with the Turing although you really don't need it the better navigation system in my opinion is gonna be through that Android, Auto or Apple CarPlay anyways you can of course set a clock or a wallpaper to be displayed up on that infotainment screen I used to do that on my old Civics and you can of course check out your radio settings up there as well as expected so when it comes to the sound system you will get four speakers and 160 watts for the LX that isn't a whole lot but if you go with the Sport EX or EXL trim that we have today you will find an eight speaker sound system with 180 watts and lastly, if you go with the Turing that is gonna give you a 10 speaker sound system including a subwoofer with 450 watts that's gonna be ridiculous but as I said, we do have the eight speaker sound system today so let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one Oh I see nothing more than actually decent sound system for the Civics today and not a ton of bass but it's pretty much as expected there the only thing I would have liked a little bit better is a tune button to actually control what station you wanted to change it on especially if you're scrolling through SiriusXM with all of those stations you have to constantly press that channel button on the infotainment screen it takes a little bit of time but with the tune button I think that would be a little bit quicker but that's my only constructive criticism there but last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that tech display is when you do put the Civics sedan in reverse you will find a rear view camera letting you know who or what is behind you when it does come with dynamic grid lines actually for all trim levels across the board so that is pretty cool and that is going to lead us into safety and so first thing and most important thing I wanted to mention when it comes to safety the Civics sedan is an IIHS top safety pick with the LED headlights found on the touring only so if you wanted the top safety pick version of the Civics sedan go with the touring trim otherwise it's not front side, side curtain airbags will come standard in the back you're gonna have latch aka lower anchors to tether your children for the rear car seats also back there rear child door locks there is a tire pressure monitoring system but also standard for all trims across the board automatic high beams as well as Honda sensing and so Honda sensing is Honda's version of advanced safety features and that will include collision mitigation braking system, road departure mitigation system adaptive cruise control that's a big one because that doesn't come standard on every manufacturer out there lane keep assist for collision warning and lane departure warning as well and so when it comes to my final thoughts of the 2020 Honda Civics sedan I've personally always been partial to Civics if I wasn't I wouldn't have purchased three of them and part of the reason I am partial to them is because I trust their reliability I think the Civic that I kept the longest went around 230,000 miles and I was dang proud of it I wanted to take that thing as long as I could and it never had any issues so I'm sure it could have kept on going but the handling is also a big plus for me and the Civics sedan it's definitely a way to your steering feel and it's something that I've always enjoyed taking on back roads because the handling is spot on on this one excellent fuel economy that's another huge plus like I had mentioned to you guys I got up to 50 miles per gallon in one of my older Civics and I'm sure this one can do just the same if I did that much highway driving with that econ button but then on the other side of things when it comes to room for improvement there's always room for improvement no matter what vehicle I check out I feel like for example ambient lighting would have loved to have seen ambient lighting just like the Volkswagen Jedi recently reviewed exterior design when it comes to that that's probably one of the other things that holds me back a little bit the front end is absolutely amazing they nailed that but the side profile and specifically the back end it's something I would have changed a little bit the overall teardrop kind of shape is kind of reminiscent of a Toyota Prius or even the Honda Insight not that I think the Honda Insight is bad looking I just don't want the Civics sedan a sportier car in nature to show the shape of a hybrid I guess it's just two completely different cars it should be more of a sportier shape kind of like the Civics used to be honestly specifically back maybe 96 to 2001 for example the Civics they used in fast and furious even that would have been awesome but then in the back end I just think it needs to be brought back down a little bit the back end is left a little bit higher I've said this in other videos when I mentioned design that's brought back down like let's say the 2000 Honda Civic that would have been a much better design in the back at least in my opinion but overall a very solid pick nonetheless again if you're looking for fuel economy it doesn't get much better than this also the steering feel is absolutely amazing now my personal experience with Civics they've always gone over 200,000 miles so you really can't beat that but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you like be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold