Thread: Toyota Corolla Vs Honda Civic-Performance

The Corolla, with the power and torque coming in earlier, is quicker in initial acceleration though she loses out the advantage to the Civic due to the 4-speed transmission. The Civic is able to zip quicker thanks to there being more gears optimally utilising the meatier portion of her power and torque to generate quicker acceleration at higher revs. However the Corolla Altis has a slight advantage over the Civic where power-to-weight is concerned. The former makes 106.8PS per ton, while the Civic makes a 106.4PS per ton. So the difference is marginal. In the accel¬eration runs the differences between the two are very slim. That's because we tested the cars in manual mode, shifting gears ourselves, at optimal revs. The paddle shift in the Civic offers a slight advantage because one does not need to take hands off the steering wheel to shift gears while in the Corolla one has to maneuver with one hand while shifting with the other and this adds a few more milliseconds to the equation.



So from 0-60kmph the Corolla is quicker by 3-100ths of a second to the Civic's 5.27 seconds. However past the 60kmph mark the Civic gets quicker and passes the 100kmph mark in 12.09 seconds compared to the 12.36 seconds posted by the Corolla Altis. This marginal difference stays the same with the Civic being only about a couple of hundredths of a second quicker than the Corolla Altis past the quarter mile or kilometre.mark. The Civic also has higher top speed than the Corolla Altis thanks to the mechanical advantage she enjoys. She makes a bit more 'power and revs higher than the Corolla Altis, wh ich lets her record a top whack of 186kmph compared to the Corolla's 181kmph.

However all performance aspects are elementary since these are straight line speeds and little of it matters if the car is driven on a track with more curves than straights. When driven enthusiastically the Civic thanks to a stiffer suspension set-up exhibits greater dynamic abilities, and the higher torque ratings and a linear spread ensures she exits corners quicker than the Corolla. That is, if the Corolla could be kept as stable through the corner at as high speeds as the Civic. On the braking front, the Corolla's larger discs ensure better stopping power than the Civic's.