The Honda Civic is one of the world's best known and most loved cars, with more than 19 million sold its launch in its home country of Japan in 1972.
It's been a staple on Australian roads since its arrival here in 1973, too, with more than 300,000 finding homes locally. Now up to its tenth generation, the petrol-powered small front-wheel drive has fallen out of favour with Aussie buyers, but a bold new design language and clever packaging could change all that. The Civic range starts off at the $47,200 Civic VTi-LX and tops off with the $74,100 Civic Type R and is offered in hatch and sedan configurations – and for the first time in its 44-year history, without a manual gearbox.