Fed's Announce Rebates Up to $2000 on 21 Fuel Efficient cars... 7 of them TOYOTAs!

[Tideland Prius]

Yeah I was reading the Sun today. How come Civic sales are dropping in its second year?

Edit: Do FFV really get that worse mileage? 13L/100km from a 2.7 litre 6 cylinder is pretty bad.

[vasia]

Several reasons for the Civic sales drop. First off, a lot of buyers are being turned off and alienated by the strange exterior and interior. Honda went a bit too radical styling-wise on the new Civic. Another factor is the higher overall price of the Civic. Especially when you add any sort of options, the Civic quickly gets very pricey. A Mazda 3 is cheaper, and a Corolla is a lot cheaper. The Civic with several options can easily get close to Camry-level pricing, and when that happens, a lot of people begin to wonder about getting a Camry over a Civic.

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Originally Posted by vasia

Several reasons for the Civic sales drop. First off, a lot of buyers are being turned off and alienated by the strange exterior and interior. Honda went a bit too radical styling-wise on the new Civic. Another factor is the higher overall price of the Civic. Especially when you add any sort of options, the Civic quickly gets very pricey. A Mazda 3 is cheaper, and a Corolla is a lot cheaper. The Civic with several options can easily get close to Camry-level pricing, and when that happens, a lot of people begin to wonder about getting a Camry over a Civic.

also more option of cars are out now

[Tideland Prius]

True but I give kudos to Honda for bringing some excitement to the mundane compact car class (sorta like what Mazda did when it introduced the Mazda3). Besides, I kinda like the two-tiered dash (esp. since the Prius has a similar setup).

Hmm, the Corolla is up there in Camry pricing too. a 2003 Corolla LE auto pkg "B" retailed for $23,795. A 5-spd 2003 Camry LE started at $23,795 lol.

Now that same Corolla LE pkg "B retails for nearly $25k and the Camry starts at $25k.

Now, if you're talking base price, that's a whole different story cause $17k for a base Civic is hella expensive even with the standard side/side curtains. A base Corolla retails for $15½k without side/side curtains.

That $2.5k is a lot of money for those looking at cars in that price range.