Honda Civic vs. Hyundai Accent
Honda Civic
Hyundai Accent
Overall Reliability Rating
Overall Car Ratings & Details
| 5 | (26) | |
| 4 | (91) | |
| 3 | (19) | |
| 2 | (9) | |
| 1 | (2) |
| 5 | (1) | |
| 4 | (18) | |
| 3 | (15) | |
| 2 | (6) | |
| 1 | (4) |
Vehicle Comparison Rundown
The Hyundai Accent and Honda Civic are both small cars, but are in different size classes. The Hyundai Accent is a subcompact four-door sedan. The Honda Civic is a larger compact, which is available as a four-door sedan, a two-door coupe and a five-door hatchback. Both the Accent and the Civic come with front-wheel drive.
The smaller Hyundai Accent has less power than the larger Civic. The Accent has a single engine with 130 horsepower. The Civic has a standard engine with 158 horsepower, with options up to 180 horsepower.
You will also see a difference between the Accent and Civic in the space they offer. The Accent has 90.2 cubic feet of passenger space and 13.7 in the trunk, while the Civic sedan has 97.8 cubic feet of inside and 15.1 cubic feet of trunk space. This is to be expected when one car is larger.
In a comparison of driver assistance technologies, the Accent offers only forward collision-avoidance assist, and only on its top trim level. The Civic offers lane-keeping assist, adaptive cruise control, forward-collision warning, lane departure warning, collision mitigation braking and road departure mitigation as an option on every Civic with automatic transmission, and as standard on top trims.
The decision on whether to buy the Hyundai Accent or the Honda Civic is a matter of what you need in a small car. If you need the most car at the lowest price, the Accent is a good choice. But if you need more space than the Accent can offer, better driver assistance features, or if you would prefer either a coupe or a hatchback body style, then the Civic has you covered — at a somewhat higher price.