{"id":564314,"date":"2026-07-23T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564314\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:52:09","slug":"the-civic-sport-hatchback-hybrid-economy-hands-on-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564314\/","title":{"rendered":"The Civic Sport hatchback: Hybrid economy, hands\u2011on controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Civic stands out in today&#8217;s touchscreen\u2011heavy market because for drivers who prefer manual, physical controls, it has everything to hand.<\/p>\n<p>The climate and audio dials and steering\u2011wheel buttons give the cabin a tactile, intuitive feel, which is a welcome contrast to rivals that bury simple tasks behind layers of menus.<\/p>\n<p>Honda\u2019s e:HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle) system delivers the kind of real\u2011world economy Irish buyers will appreciate: smooth electric\u2011assisted acceleration around town and low fuel consumption on longer runs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a powertrain with much punch as the engine is tuned for efficiency rather than excitement. However, the Civic compensates with precise steering, tight body control and a chassis that feels genuinely well\u2011sorted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Civic stands out in today&#8217;s touchscreen\u2011heavy market because for drivers who prefer manual, physical controls, it has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-564314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}