Recently drove both Grande and New Civic.Here are experiences of both:
Civic: Civic has become what 10th gen corolla was.Lifeless soft steering,soft suspension though not as much as grande,Less grip and crap navigation unit,Prosmatic now feels outdated after driving CVTI.Civic had got floaty feeling like previous corollas.
Grande:Balance between comfort and grip was very good.Steering feedback was better than civic.Suspension is very very soft.Brakes were good intact found them better than civic.Navigation unit is very good.Grande had better smooth transmission feeling due to CVTI.Car feels well planted on the road.
Both cars were driven with eurostars.
But found them both of no match for 8th Gen Civic which has excellent steering feedback and grip.