2011
Honda Civic Hybrid

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  • 4dr Sdn L4 CVT
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    $23,950
    40 City / 43 Hwy
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    5
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    60 month/60,000 miles
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    Front Wheel Drive
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    $25,150
    40 City / 43 Hwy
    MPG
    5
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    60 month/60,000 miles
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    Gas/Electric I4
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    Front Wheel Drive
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  • 4dr Sdn L4 CVT w/Navi
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    $25,950
    40 City / 43 Hwy
    MPG
    5
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    60 month/60,000 miles
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    Gas/Electric I4
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    Front Wheel Drive
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    $27,150
    40 City / 43 Hwy
    MPG
    5
    Seat capacity
    60 month/60,000 miles
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    Gas/Electric I4
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    Front Wheel Drive
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Notable features

Electronic stability control standard
Continuously variable automatic transmission
Side-impact and side curtain airbags

The good & the bad

The good

Interior quality
Responsive steering
Impressive gas mileage

The bad

No folding rear seat
Non-linear braking performance
Split instrument panel
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Expert 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid review

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Vehicle Overview

The current Civic Hybrid debuted for the 2006 model year and uses gasoline-electric hybrid technology to reach fuel economy ratings of 40/43 mpg city/highway. The Civic Hybrid’s main competition is the more fuel-efficient Toyota Prius.

New for 2011
There are no significant changes for 2011.

Exterior
The Civic Hybrid sedan looks as futuristic as the gas-powered models. The front roof pillars are practically over the front wheels, and the large front doors make it easy to get in and out of the car. Exterior features include:

  • 15-inch alloy wheels fitted with low-rolling-resistance tires
  • Rear lip spoiler
  • Hybrid badges and turn-signal indicators in the side mirror housings

Interior
There’s room for five in the Civic Hybrid, which has two-tone cloth seating surfaces or optional leather seating surfaces. The Civic Hybrid has an interesting-looking instrument cluster that’s similar to the regular Civic’s. It features a digital speedometer positioned near the base of the windshield and a large tachometer in its own housing that sits in front of the steering wheel. There’s also a battery meter and a charge/assist gauge that monitors the electric portion of the powertrain. Interior features include:

  • Air conditioning
  • Cruise control
  • Tilt/telescoping steering wheel
  • Power windows, locks and mirrors
  • Stereo with CD player and USB audio interface that works with MP3 players and flash drives
  • Optional navigation system with voice recognition
  • Bluetooth limited to navigation-equipped vehicles

Under the Hood
The Civic Hybrid features a 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine teamed with an electric motor mounted between the engine and the continuously variable automatic transmission. The electric motor kicks in to help acceleration and can power the Civic Hybrid for brief periods at low speeds. Mechanical features include:

  • 110 horsepower and 123 pounds-feet of torque
  • CVT
  • MacPherson strut front suspension and compact multilink double-wishbone rear suspension

Safety
Honda’s electronic stability system is standard on the Civic Hybrid. In the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s frontal-offset and side-impact crash tests, the Civic received the highest overall rating of Good. Safety features include:

  • Antilock brakes
  • Side-impact airbags for the front seats
  • Side curtain airbags
  • Active front head restraints

 

2011 Honda Civic Hybrid review: Our expert's take

Vehicle Overview

The current Civic Hybrid debuted for the 2006 model year and uses gasoline-electric hybrid technology to reach fuel economy ratings of 40/43 mpg city/highway. The Civic Hybrid’s main competition is the more fuel-efficient Toyota Prius.

New for 2011
There are no significant changes for 2011.

Exterior
The Civic Hybrid sedan looks as futuristic as the gas-powered models. The front roof pillars are practically over the front wheels, and the large front doors make it easy to get in and out of the car. Exterior features include:

  • 15-inch alloy wheels fitted with low-rolling-resistance tires
  • Rear lip spoiler
  • Hybrid badges and turn-signal indicators in the side mirror housings

Interior
There’s room for five in the Civic Hybrid, which has two-tone cloth seating surfaces or optional leather seating surfaces. The Civic Hybrid has an interesting-looking instrument cluster that’s similar to the regular Civic’s. It features a digital speedometer positioned near the base of the windshield and a large tachometer in its own housing that sits in front of the steering wheel. There’s also a battery meter and a charge/assist gauge that monitors the electric portion of the powertrain. Interior features include:

  • Air conditioning
  • Cruise control
  • Tilt/telescoping steering wheel
  • Power windows, locks and mirrors
  • Stereo with CD player and USB audio interface that works with MP3 players and flash drives
  • Optional navigation system with voice recognition
  • Bluetooth limited to navigation-equipped vehicles

Under the Hood
The Civic Hybrid features a 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine teamed with an electric motor mounted between the engine and the continuously variable automatic transmission. The electric motor kicks in to help acceleration and can power the Civic Hybrid for brief periods at low speeds. Mechanical features include:

  • 110 horsepower and 123 pounds-feet of torque
  • CVT
  • MacPherson strut front suspension and compact multilink double-wishbone rear suspension

Safety
Honda’s electronic stability system is standard on the Civic Hybrid. In the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s frontal-offset and side-impact crash tests, the Civic received the highest overall rating of Good. Safety features include:

  • Antilock brakes
  • Side-impact airbags for the front seats
  • Side curtain airbags
  • Active front head restraints

 

Safety review

Based on the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid base trim
NHTSA crash test and rollover ratings, scored out of 5.
Overall rating
3/5
Combined side rating front seat
2/5
Combined side rating rear seat
4/5
Frontal barrier crash rating driver
5/5
Frontal barrier crash rating passenger
4/5
Overall frontal barrier crash rating
4/5
Overall side crash rating
2/5
Rollover rating
4/5
Side barrier rating
2/5
Side barrier rating driver
2/5
Side barrier rating passenger rear seat
4/5
Side pole rating driver front seat
5/5
10.5%
Risk of rollover
Side barrier rating driver
2/5
Side barrier rating passenger rear seat
4/5
Side pole rating driver front seat
5/5
10.5%
Risk of rollover

Factory warranties

New car program benefits

Basic
3 years / 36,000 miles
Corrosion
5 years
Powertrain
5 years / 60,000 miles

Certified Pre-Owned program benefits

Age / mileage
10 years old or newer from their original in-service date at the time of sale.
Basic
100 days / 5,000 miles
Dealer certification
112 point inspection
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Consumer reviews

50% of drivers recommend this car
3.8 / 5
Based on 4 reviews
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Comfort 4.2
Interior 4.5
Performance 3.3
Value 3.3
Exterior 4.5
Reliability 3.8

Most recent

  • By around town, northern virginia from Fairfax Virginia
    Owns this car
    July 24, 2013

    nice car, herky jerky

    We have had the honda hybrid civic 2011 since we bought it new in 2011. Our car has automatic transmission, no navigation and no bluetooth. (We use a Garmin GPS and a Jabra Freeway for those functions). We have 26,000 miles on it. First, it gets the mileage we expected. We are getting around 40 miles per gallon in local driving and up to 51 miles per gallon on long distance freeway driving at speeds up to 75 mph. The problem is the car lurches when going at slow speeds, which is pretty common in traffic in Northern Virginia. Step on the accelerator normally and the car feels like a teenager just learning to drive a manual transmission. It lurches a bit when it gets going and at slow speeds. Honda America (HQ) said, when we complained about the herky jerky motions, that it is part of the design of the car. Nothing to be done about it. Clearly, to me, just poor engineering. Difficult to believe that a company with Honda's reputation has such poor engineering and will not do anything to correct it, but that appears to be the case. At 25,000 miles the dealer replaced the power steering module under warranty. It was not causing trouble, but my wife heard a squeal in the steering. When we brought it in for regular servicing, the mechanic checked this and decided to replace the power steering. This was under the factory warranty. Good service as far as I'm concerned. We have purchased the 100,000 mile warranty to be sure that we don't run into any further surprises.
    • Purchased a New car
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 4.0
    Interior 4.0
    Performance 3.0
    Value 4.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 4.0
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  • By Commuter from Washington DC.
    Owns this car
    February 22, 2013

    Great car

    I am pretty confused with the other posts I have been reading, my Civic Hybrid I have 1 problem and it was fixed quickly at no cost to me as it was under warranty. My average Gas Mileage is 40.5 city, to 47 highway. Stop and go traffic in Northern VA has gotten it down to 38 mpg though. I have a feeling that quite a few people don't understand how to use the MPG meter. If you keep track of that and how you press the gas pedal it pretty much teaches you how to extend your gas mileage. Getting 40+ is very easy with this car. The Quality of the interior is great for the cost. Very comfortable. My wife is very short (4'11") and she can drive it comfortably with good vision. The exterior I like a lot, because it looks like a normal car, I find the Prius to look pretty goofy. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good quality hybrid.
    • Purchased a Used car
    • Used for Commuting
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 4.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Exterior 5.0
    Reliability 5.0
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  • By NVG
    Owns this car
    September 14, 2011

    Not effcicient at all

    I have purchased the Honda hybrid 2011 in hope, it will save me a gas and I do have respect of Honda as a car as well. For 25K cost you are expecting good quality and moreover ?.. a hybrid efficiency of gas mileage, as it is advertised with the big numbers on the car sticker 40 city, 44 high way. Yes but NO. When I took the car of the dealer, for the first month, the gas mileage was fluctuating between 38-42 city in average 45-60 mileage /hr with the AC on 2bars of its power. After 3 months, went down to 28-33mlg/G. Took the car to the shop for the first time oil change and had them check the software and told the dealer what my concern was about. Was told there was a slide update and that?s it. Took the car off the shop and from the distance of proximally 30 miles it went up to 38 mlg / G. I was so happy!!! But after 3 days it went back to 28 Mlg/G and now is average 33.2 Mlg/ G. Was told from the dealers to keep the receipt for 3 full gas tanks and to come back. I did it. And after the second check was told that this is normal and was told that at the beginning the car was given good gas mileage, because it at March the weather is cold and the engine is ruining more efficiently!?!?!?!?! And I should be careful when buying a car because is it saying on the window sticker with tiny shrift that the real gas mileage is 33-37 in city. Yes it says that! So what is the conclusion DO NOT BUY HONDA civic HYBRID, there are much less cost cars on the market and with the regular engine, not being a hybrid and which one are approaching the same gas mileage 29-31 city. Buying HONDA civic hybrid is just not worth the money. This is the worst Hybrid on the market If it says 40/44 it doesn?t say in what condition the car is achieving this rate!? And in my question, how is possible another car ,same year Honda CIVIC hybrid 2011, longer distance to my work, is achieving 38-40 city, and I know the colleague of mine is running the AC on 3-4 bars all the time. The manager of the tech service was nice to tell me at least he will talk with the Honda engineers. I doubt will call me at all with any solution or reasonable explanation. I doubt also that when it?s getting colder the car will improve the gas mileage and become hybrid; this is silly because winter time the engine needs more gas to heat up the system.
    • Purchased a Used car
    • Does not recommend this car
    Comfort 4.0
    Interior 4.0
    Performance 3.0
    Value 1.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 2.0
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  • By Tim from Florida
    Owns this car
    May 29, 2011

    Hybrid Too Irritating

    Ok so I was looking at the new Civics. Never thinking of the Hybrid. My salesman introduced me to one in the lot. Took it for a test drive and I liked the ride and the total car....at least at the time, I did. When I got the car home I noticed all the jerking and stopping. The hybrid with its on and off motor is soooo irritating that I cant explain in words. Stopping at a light, it goes into auto stop. Fine. But starting back up, its like as if you popped a clutch. You cant inch up to a parking spot without that jerkiness. I love the Civic, its like driving a sports car. But the hybrid part, I regret daily. Plus you dont get the gas mileage as they state. Iam getting around 32 city and 38 highway. I will keep it another year and unload the hybrid. Maybe get another Civic being as they changed styles but never the Hybrid
    • Purchased a New car
    • Does not recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 3.0
    Value 4.0
    Exterior 5.0
    Reliability 4.0
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FAQ

What trim levels are available for the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid?

The 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid is available in 1 trim level:

  • (4 styles)

What is the MPG of the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid?

The 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid offers up to 40 MPG in city driving and 43 MPG on the highway. These figures are based on EPA mileage ratings and are for comparison purposes only. The actual mileage will vary depending on vehicle options, trim level, driving conditions, driving habits, vehicle maintenance, and other factors.

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Is the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid reliable?

The 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid has an average reliability rating of 3.8 out of 5 according to cars.com consumers. Find real-world reliability insights within consumer reviews from 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid owners.

Is the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid a good Sedan?

Below are the cars.com consumers ratings for the 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid. 50.0% of drivers recommend this vehicle.

3.8 / 5
Based on 4 reviews
  • Comfort: 4.2
  • Interior: 4.5
  • Performance: 3.3
  • Value: 3.3
  • Exterior: 4.5
  • Reliability: 3.8

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