Went in Lings Lowestoft today and they had a good collection of the new Civic.
They had a Sport Diesel, 2 x ES, and an EX.
For those who don't know the range, it starts with an SE which is the base model then you choice between either the Sport or ES. The Sport has bigger wheels and HID's plus some silver exterior trim. The ES has more comfort gadgets ie electric powered mirrors, dual climate control, and a glass roof :roll:
Then the EX is a combination of them both.
The car itself I liked a lot more in the flesh than the pics. There are a lot of nice little features espeically on the sport.
Inside the car is very nice for driver. Everything seems close to hand and ideally suited, other than the gear stick which seems a backward step
Again nice feature inside with the DC5 pedals and red starter button :twisted:
A few things let it down, the brown/grey rubbing strips around the arches :shock: and the exhaust trims that are triangle, but when you look you can see the round exhaust within.
Overall i liked it, but because of the specs I would change for one.
From the Specs and prices its aimed at the higher end of the market £15,000 - £18,000 so I pressume they are aiming more at the Golf owners than Focus owners.
I'm sure if they can get people in the car it will sell well.
Just wait for the Type R version. The salesman was very honest and said they had no details on it and didn't expect to see it until nealy 2007.