Folks, I just got back from driving a couple of new Honda Civics, the facelifted 2025 versions of the Si and Hatchback Hybrid. They were both brilliant little cars in their own ways, but I know what would make them even better: combining the two.

Honda’s smooth, powerful, and efficient two-motor hybrid powertrain and enhanced driver-assistance technology make the well-equipped Civic Hybrid a pleasant daily driver.

Honda is bringing back hybrid technology to its popular compact car after several years, following the lead of other automakers that are now putting more emphasis on electrification. For 2025, the Civic Sedan and Civic Hatchback feature revised styling especially up front.

Economy cars are not exactly known for being enthralling driving machines. For the most part, they’re meant to bring you from point A to point B as efficiently and with as little fuss as possible. But,

The badging on the trunk of this 2025 Honda Civic says you can have it all. Sport. Touring. Hybrid. If only it mulched and bagged, this car would be the ultimate all-in-one Honda.

Honda Civic Si is just about the most fun you can have in a new economy car—if you can even call this 30-grand, nicely-equipped Civic an "economy car" anymore.

Honda Civic hatchback hybrid is the future of commuter cars. Hybrid cars deserve a better reputation. They’re no longer the niche, eco-conscious choice—they’re our modern reality, and they’re great. The 2025 Honda Civic hybrid hatchback proves that.

Honda's new hybrid hatchback may be frugal, but with more power on tap is this high-end Civic actually a driver's car?

Yes, the new Honda Civic Hybrid Hatchback is the one to get. With more torque than the Civic Si and up to 50 mpg in the city, it delivers on every front.