2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Hatchback: What's It Like to Live With?

• The Honda Civic Hybrid was named Edmunds Top Rated Car and Best of the Best for 2025.
• We're spending a year with a fully loaded Civic Hybrid Sport Touring hatchback.
• The EPA estimates we should see 48 mpg combined.
• The Sport Touring features Google Built-In tech and an advanced suite of driving aids.

What did we get?

Honda only offers the hybrid powertrain on the Civic Sport and Civic Sport Touring, and as we discussed in our recent buying guide, we firmly believe that the more expensive Sport Touring trim is the way to go. This model gets you niceties like heated leather seats and a full suite of driver assistance features, but crucially, also upgrades the tech to a 9-inch touchscreen running the Google Built-In suite of apps.

You can get hybrid power in both the Civic sedan and hatchback, and we opted for the latter. It's more functional and better-looking, and it makes the Civic a compelling alternative for a higher-riding compact SUV.

The Civic Sport hatchback starts at $28,600 including a $1,150 destination charge, and the Sport Hybrid comes in at $32,300. Our Sport Touring costs $34,300.

Honda loaned Edmunds this vehicle for the purposes of evaluation.

Tested: How the Civic performed

The Civic's hybrid system combines a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with two electric motors, and total output is a healthy 200 horsepower and 232 lb-ft of torque. That's more power than what you get in the sporty Civic Si.

At the Edmunds test track, our Civic Sport Touring Hybrid accelerated from 0 to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds, and ran through the quarter mile in 15.7 seconds at 87.8 mph. Interestingly, the hybrid is 0.2 second quicker than the last Civic Si we tested, though the Si was able to complete the quarter mile 0.2 second quicker, and at a faster trap speed, too (91.5 mph). This largely comes down to the fact that the Civic Si rides on stickier summer tires as opposed to the all-season rubber on our hybrid hatch.

This disparity really shows on our 200-foot skidpad, where the Civic Si pulled 0.99 g of lateral grip, compared to the hybrid hatch's 0.85 g. The Civic Si was more sure-footed under braking, too, with panic stops from 60 mph taking 106 feet, while the Sport Touring Hybrid hatch did the same deed in 131 feet.

How's the Civic Hybrid's fuel economy?

• EPA fuel economy rating: 48 combined (50 city/45 highway)
• Edmunds' observed fuel economy: 41.1 mpg
• Best fill: 49.1 mpg
• Best range: 398.8 miles

Our fuel economy's been great right off the bat, too. The EPA rates our car at 50 mpg city, 45 mpg highway and 48 mpg combined — numbers that are super easy to hit. We're also looking forward to putting the EPA's bladder-busting 595-mile range figure to the test on long trips.

A road trip reveals our Honda Civic Hybrid's few flaws

"It's an 11-hour drive from my home in Los Angeles to my sister's place in Eureka, California, in the far northern reaches of the state. That's a long time to be behind the wheel, and it's why I usually fly. However, this past July's trip included too many things to transport to and from her place, so the road didn't exactly beckon as much as it demanded." — Keith Buglewicz

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Ford Maverick vs. Honda Civic: The best $35,000 hybrid

"Quiz time: What's the cheapest new Ford you can buy? How about the cheapest new Honda? If you said 'Maverick' and 'Civic,' congrats, you really know your car prices for some weird reason. These are actually the entry-level vehicles these days. There are of course cheaper cars to be found, but if you're dead-set on spending the least amount of money for a new Honda or Ford, here you go. The thing is, these two have more in common than you might think, and both Honda and Ford offer a variety of versions to expand their appeal." — Keith Buglewicz

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Is our Honda Civic the modern care-free car?

It's easy to assume that, by and large, modern cars are reliable propositions. But our One-Year Road Test fleet was designed specifically to stress-test this premise. We've had more than a few cars that have either left us stranded (Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe), lost the use of certain features (Ford F-150 Hybrid) or even accelerated on their own (Dodge Charger Daytona). Our Civic, on the other hand, has been faultless." — Nick Yekikian

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