A continuously-variable automatic transmission (CVT) was offered for the first time in the 1996 Civic HX, with mileage ratings of 35 city / 39 highway. While the HX Coupe claimed the highest fuel economy in Honda’s line up in 1996, the MPG ratings dropped to 39 city / 45 highway for the five-speed manual.
The hatchback VX was replaced with the Civic HX Coupe in the 1996 model year. The 1992 Civic VX was rated at 48 city / 55 highway. Like the CRX HF, the Civic VX was sold exclusively with a five-speed manual both were fitted with a 1.5-liter inline four. Honda introduced the Civic VX hatchback in the 1992 model year, replacing the departed CRX at the top of the company’s MPG charts. Throughout its run, the CRX HF was only available with a five-speed manual transmission. The high fuel-efficiency HF version of the two-seater continued to be offered through the CRX’s final model year in 1991, with the highway mileage rating slipping back to 52 MPG.
1988 saw the second-generation CRX with an arguably more attractive design. Gas mileage ratings dropped to a more believable 49 city / 54 highway when the CRX HF appeared in 1 Civic CRX HF ratings nudged back up to 57 highway.
The initial EPA fuel economy estimates were nothing short of astounding at 51 city / 67 highway miles per gallon (MPG). The two-seat CRX debuted in the 1984 model year, equipped with a 60 horsepower 1342cc engine and a curb weight of just 1713 pounds. With that in mind, lets take a look at some of the historical high-MPG standouts in the Civic line, based on the original (rather than the revisionist) estimates … What isn’t said is that the actual percentage will vary from vehicle-to-vehicle, due to variables that include aerodynamic efficiency, gearing, and torque … in addition to environmental and geographic conditions. Surely we’ve all heard the oft-repeated chestnut that lower highway cruising speeds allow for higher fuel efficiency. The national limit was raised to 65 MPH in the late eighties and remained in effect until 1995, when the federal limits were repealed. The national 55 mile per hour (MPH) speed limit became effective in early 1974 as a result of the 1973 oil crisis. There are a number of things to consider when looking at the high MPG numbers of the eighties and early-to-mid nineties, with the first being the national speed limit that was in effect at the time.
History cannot be rewritten when documentation exists to prove the facts. While it might seem hard for some to believe nowadays, eighties and nineties Honda Civic gas mileage ratings were extraordinary, with highway numbers that ranged into the forties and fifties. The Honda Civic’s fuel-stingy heritage is more than legend.
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