Automotive writers are a pretty spoiled bunch.
Let us drive a Bentley or Rolls and we ll whine about the dearth of cup-holders. That s our job, I suppose, and we have to find something wrong with our test cars, but sometimes I think we spend too much time on upper end models and not enough on the cars that most people can actually afford. Well, as the song goes, here s something we can all enjoy. Honda Civic four-door, which for 1999 is on the receiving end of some exterior refinements, including a new front end treatment, and improved interior ergonomics. It won t press you back into your seat when you bury the gas pedal, but it s peppy enough and with fuel economy ratings of 38 mpg in the city and 50 mpg on the highway, for the manual five-speed model, you won t be spending much time at the pumps.