It's incredibly popular with the blue rinse brigade and now we know why.
Honda’s Civic has been named Britain’s most comfortable car for the second
year running in a survey by What Car?. The small hatchback tops a field of 40
contenders ranging in price from £7295 to £53,950.
The Civic earned praise for its easy access, logical controls and comfortable
seats, leading to a winning score of 83%. ‘This is a car which leaves you
to get on with driving, rather than being distracted by an aching back or fussy
controls,’ concluded What Car?’s judges.
The survey won’t make such comfortable reading for the makers of this year’s
most celebrated British-built cars. The new Mini scored a disappointing 39th
place out of 40 because of its poor access and hard-to-adjust seats. The Jaguar
X-type fared worse still, collecting the wooden spoon for its seats, which are
over-bolstered and awkward to adjust, plus its complex touch-screen radio and
air-conditioning controls.
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