Alhumdullilah finally I got the civic turbo 2 weeks back as it was booked on 20[SUP]th[/SUP] June, I was not interested in new civic but when I heard 1.5 turbo engine is about to introduced I changed my mind and booked the lunar silver civic 1.5T (was going for Vezel). A lot people asked me if m going to replaced my Audi A3 1.8T but the answer is no, A3 is completely different and it?s not in civic league as one is German made imported and other is PKDM. There?s few things which I didn?t like in civic is interior plastic quality is not as good as my 8[SUP]th[/SUP] gen civic, android HU is nice but got few glitches like Bluetooth not connecting, sometime all camera stop working and one time all of sudden interior lights litup when I put the front camera all the time, also the screen goes bad when u honked. Seats are hard not soft as my A3 or even Vezel which was also complained by my brother as he own Vezel type Z. Interior is spacious which is more than A3 but not more than Vezel, but I m missing the center control like 8[SUP]th[/SUP] gen where I usually keep stuff like sunglasses, dvd etc etc as the centre console is quite small. The ride is not soft even on stock rims/tires compare to A3, it is lil stiffer now on 17inch rim/tires, oem Bg luxo were noisy and the car was not stable at high speed after 120kmph. Performance is good but not as punchy as my A3 and to be honest it is not fast as A3 1.8T as most of them expected, its quick to 100kph but lil slow to reach 150kph and I expect after 1000km performance would get better. Braking is ok as I think the disc size is same as 1.8 oriel, maybe after 500km braking would get better. I m hating the engine sound which is loud after 3k rpm, all other cars are not noisy loud as civic 1.5T, have to get use to with the sound. The best part of civic 1.5T is android HU with 4 cameras but the rear screen is pretty useless unless my kids want to watch something, I would rather remove the rear screen and get the adjustable center console slight taller as it is quite low to keep my arm on it. Oh btw I m loving the push start , sadly which is option in A3 and it remind me of my markx push start but in my A3/markx keyless entry closed/open all windows which is not happening in civic turbo.
Few things I have to test is handling, full tank fuel average on HOBC and on super 92 RON. My A3 1.8T give around 8.5-10km/L on hobc only and its tuned as well, civic 1.5T on hobc is averaging around 8.5km/L as it has done 200km only