A guide to Honda cars in Australia

Honda has made a name for itself in Australia for its practical, reliable, and most importantly, safe vehicles. Although Honda cars are generally marketed toward city and suburban drivers, it has a diverse vehicle range suited for all kinds of drivers, including hatches, coupes, sedans, SUVs and people movers. In this article, Canstar Blue takes you through the full list of vehicles offered in Australia by this popular manufacturer. They are:

• Honda Accord
• Honda Civic (Hatch, Sedan & Type R)
• Honda HR-V
• Honda CR-V
• Honda Odyssey

Honda Accord

The Accord is Honda’s pride and joy, combining style, practically, performance and comfort, without compromising on Honda’s famous safety standards. The Honda Accord is a sporty-looking sedan inside and out. It packs a 2.4L DOHC engine with 129 kW of power, or the more powerful 206 kW 3.5L V6 SOHC engine. Inside you’ll find a reversing camera, display-audio touchscreen, and Lanewatch cameras. As for the Honda Accord’s safety features, it includes the “Honda Sensing” suite, which includes adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation braking system, lane keep assist and road departure mitigation. There’s also hill start assist, parking sensors, vehicle stability assist, tyre deflation warning, whiplash mitigation seats and plenty more.

Once again, there are two models of Honda Accord: VTi-L and the V6L

Honda Accord features

Honda Accord price

The Honda Accord is an impressive sedan, but it comes at a cost. The Honda Accord VTi-L starts around $48-50,000. The V6L will cost about $58,000.

Honda Civic

The standard Honda Civic comes in both a hatch and sedan. There is also the Honda Civic Type R, which is the sporty version of this car. The sedan and hatch Honda Civic models are nearly identical, once again emphasising safety with the Honda Sensing suite which includes hill start assist, vehicle stability assist, and tyre deflation warning. It also has a centre-console touchscreen, Android Auto, Apple Carplay, multi-angle review camera and Lanewatch. As for what’s under the hood, both the hatch and sedan have a choice of the 104 kW i-VTEC engine or the gutsier 127kW VTEC turbo engine.

The Honda Civic Type R doesn’t really fit in the same category as the other Honda Civic vehicles –the Type R is a sports vehicle through and through. It has a 2.0L turbocharged engine with 228 kW and 400nm of torque, limited slip difference, adaptive damper system and a triple-exhaust system. At the time of writing, the Civic Type R holds the world record for the fastest lap time for a front-wheel drive car.

There are six models of Honda Civic in total, including the Type R. The range of standard models include: VTi, Vti-S, VTi-L, RS and Vti-LX.

Honda Civic Features

VTi

• 104kW i-VTEC engine
• 7-inch touchscreen display
• Apple CarPlay1 and Android Auto2
• Multi-angle reversing camera

VTi-S

Everything in the VTi and/or:

• 104kW i-VTEC engine
• 16-inch alloy wheels
• LaneWatch
• Smart keyless entry

VTi-L

Everything in the VTi-S and/or:

• 127kW VTEC turbo engine
• 17-inch alloy wheels
• Digital radio (DAB+)
• Dual-zone climate control

RS

Everything in the VTi-L and/or:

• 127kW VTEC turbo engine
• Leather-appointed seat-trim5
• Piano black grille
• Tailgate spoiler

Vti-LX

Everything in the RS and/or:

• 127kW VTEC turbo engine
• Leather-appointed seat-trim5
• Electric sunroof
• Honda Sensing

Type-R

• 228kW VTEC turbo engine
• 400Nm torque
• Limited Slip Differential
• Adaptive Damper System
• 20″ alloy wheels

Honda Civic Price

Prices begin around $25,000 for the Honda Civic VTi. The VTi-S sells brand new for about $28,000, the VTi-L is about $31-32,000, the RS about $36,000 and the Vti-LX about $38,000. The Civic Type R will generally set you back $55-60,000.

Honda HR-V

It looks like a 3-door coupe, but on closer inspection, you’ll find it’s a compact 5-door SUV. Promoted as ‘the city sized SUV’, the Honda HR-V is truly a class of its own, combining the efficiency and style of a small car, with the space and comfort of an SUV. It comes with a capable 105kW SOHC engine and a fuel efficiency of 6.6-6.9L/100km, depending on the model.

The Honda HR-V also has everything else we now expect from this manufacturer, including a touchscreen centre console, reverse camera and a 5-star ANAP safety rating thanks to its slew of safety features.

There are four Honda HR-V models: VTi, VTi-S, VTi-L and VTi +Adas

Honda HR-V Features

VTi

• 7-inch touchscreen display
• Multi-angle reversing camera
• Magic foldup+down seats
• 16-inch alloy wheels

VTi-S

Everything in the VTi and/or:

• 17-inch alloy wheels
• LED headlights with LED DRLs
• Smart keyless entry
• City brake active system

VTi-L

Everything in the VTi-S and/or:

• Electric panoramic sunroof
• Leather-appointed seat trim
• Dual-zone climate control
• Front and rear parking sensors

VTi+Adas

Everything in the VTi-L and/or:

• Forward collision warning
• Lane departure warning
• High-beam Support system

Honda HR-V price

The Honda HR-V costs anywhere from $27,000, for the VTi model, to $38,000 for the VTi-L+ADAS. The VTi-S costs between $30,000 and $32,000 and the VTi-L costs about $37,000.

Honda CR-V

The CR-V is probably Honda’s most versatile vehicle. It has plenty of space for the family, rugged toughness for adventures, and modern technology for a comfortable drive. The Honda CR-V comes in both 5 seat and 7 seat options and has a 140kW turbo engine to take on the tough drives.  It has a 5-star ANCAP safety rating and a heap of intelligent features, including the Honda Sensing suite with forward collision warning, collision mitigation system, road departure mitigation system, lane keep assist and adaptive cruise-control. Select models also have a power tailgate, lane cameras and push button start.

There are three models of Honda CR-V: VTi, VTi-S and VTi-L

Honda CR-V features

Honda CR-V price

Prices start around $33,000 for the standard CR-V VTi. The VTi-S is slightly more expensive, costing anywhere from $35,000 to $38,000. The most expensive in the CR-V range is the VTi-L at about $42-43,000.

Honda Odyssey

The Honda Odyssey is a 7 or 8 seat people-mover, perfect for big families. Every decision that went into making the Honda Odyssey was made with families in mind. It includes simple, yet valuable features like inbuilt side window sunshades, a large conversation mirror to check on the kids in the back seat, plenty of storage, and of course, a 5-star ANCAP safety rating. Some key safety features include a multi-view camera, blind-spot and cross-traffic monitor, vehicle stability assist, whiplash mitigating front seats, child seat anchors, active cornering lights and plenty more.

There are two models of Honda Odyssey: The basic VTi and the classier VTi-L.

Honda Odyssey features

Honda Odyssey price

The Honda Odyssey VTi costs between $41,000 and $45,000 brand new. The VTi-L is a bit more expensive – around the $50,000 mark.

So there you have it, the full range of Honda Australia cars. See how Honda stacks up in our customer satisfaction ratings.

About the author of this page

This report was written by Canstar Blue’s Site Editor, Dean Heckscher. He’s our resident expert on all things automotive, health & fitness, streaming and more. Dean is also one of Canstar Blue’s customer research report producers, helping to turn complicated subjects into easily-digestible information for our readers. He’s passionate about helping consumers make better-informed purchase decisions on all manner of consumer goods and services.

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