THE ALL-NEW HONDA Civic gets its official airing on the 6th of January, the cars are already in local showrooms and pre-launch sales have been decidedly brisk. There will be two engine options available, and a variety of gearboxes and spec levels.

CarBuyer drove the Civic in Japan back in issue 39 and we found the new car to be bigger, better and stuffed to the gills with new Honda tech. If these aren’t enough to tempt you then consider that the Civic’s novel “multiplex” instrument cluster should likely remain a talking point for years to come. The range starts at $72,000 with COE for the 1.8-litre manual, and rises to $81,000 with COE for the top-of-the-line 2.0-litre automatic.