Honda’s engines have a great reputation and the Civic’s continue that tradition. This latest style with three-cylinder petrol is smooth and refined even when you use all the revs to extract its impressively eager performance.

This is the SR model which has alloy wheels, air-conditioning, a rear wiper, and a Bluetooth phone connection, also has DAB, USB ports, parking sensors, touchscreen infotainment (with navigation and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity) and a parking camera.

For those in the back there’s plenty of legroom and the boot is a generous size.