New Civic hybrid is named Best of the Best, Edmunds' highest possible honor
Civic also wins Edmunds Top Rated Car Award for 3rd time
Civic hybrid recognized for sporty design, class-leading safety performance, excellent driving dynamics and fun-to-drive personality
The Honda Civic hybrid has earned the prestigious Edmunds Best of the Best and Edmunds Top Rated Car Awards for 2025, marking the third time the automotive experts at Edmunds have honored the 11th-generation Civic with an Edmunds Top Rated honor. The wins come just days after the new 2025 Honda Civic hybrid, the electrified variant of America's most popular compact car, was named the 2025 North American Car of the Year.
"The Honda Civic Hybrid wins the Edmunds Top Rated Best of the Best award for its unbeatable blend of virtues," said Edmunds Editor-In-Chief Alistair Weaver. "Powerful but frugal, high-tech but accessible, luxurious but affordable, it's the most complete car on sale today."
The Edmunds Top Rated Awards recognize the best vehicles on sale and are based on extensive testing and ratings from the Edmunds editorial staff. Among its six Edmunds Top Rated Award winners for 2025, Edmunds selected the new Honda Civic hybrid as the Best of the Best, the highest possible honor from its team of experts. The Honda Civic and Accord have earned four Edmunds Top Rated Awards since the award's inception in 2020.
The Honda Civic is the brand's longest-running automotive nameplate with Americans purchasing nearly 13 million Civics since 1973, making it one of the top three best-selling passenger cars in America over the past 52 years1. An unparalleled success, the 11th-generation Civic serves as the gateway to the Honda brand and America's most popular vehicle with Gen Z buyers, first-time new car buyers as well as multicultural customers2.
2025 Honda Civic Hybrid
Positioned at the top of the refreshed 2025 Honda Civic lineup, the new Civic hybrid, offered for the first time as either a sedan or hatchback, combines the fun-to-drive spirit of Civic with the award-winning Honda two-motor hybrid system. Sales of the new Civic hybrid-electric models are ultimately expected to represent about 40% of Civic sales as a key step in the Honda electrification strategy.
With a combined 200 horsepower and an impressive 232 lb.-ft. of torque, the new Civic Sport Hybrid and Sport Touring Hybrid are the most powerful non-Type R Civics ever. Featuring two large and powerful electric motors, the Honda two-motor hybrid system gives Civic hybrid quick, effortless acceleration with outstanding EPA fuel economy ratings – including a 50-mpg city rating for Civic Sedan Sport and Sport Touring hybrids3.
To further amplify the legendary fun-to-drive spirit and class-leading ride comfort of Civic, the ride and handling dynamics have been optimized with unique spring and damper tuning, and a special tire developed for Civic hybrid.
Honda Two-Motor Hybrid System
Honda is celebrating 25 years of hybrid sales in America. Honda began sales of the first-generation Honda Insight, America's first mass-produced hybrid-electric passenger vehicle, in December of 1999.
The new fourth-generation Honda two-motor hybrid system that powers Civic hybrid models maximizes efficiency without compromising dynamic performance or passenger and cargo space to deliver a sportier and more pleasant driving experience, with substantially higher EPA fuel economy ratings than the outgoing turbo models.
Variants of the two-motor hybrid system are also available in the Honda Accord and CR-V and represent more than 50% of Accord and CR-V sales.
Praised for its power, efficiency and refinement by the editors at WardsAuto, the Honda two-motor hybrid system powering the 2025 Honda Civic Sedan and Hatchback received a "Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems" award. This was the second year in a row a Honda hybrid-electric powertrain has received this prestigious honor.
Hybrid System Made* in Ohio
The new fourth-generation Honda two-motor hybrid-electric power unit is built by associates at the Honda Transmission Plant in Ohio. It is paired with an all-new 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, made* at the Anna Engine Plant in Ohio. All major components in the engine have been redesigned and improved, including the block, which now features stronger main bearing caps, cylinder head, crank, connecting rods and camshafts. For the first time, these components are manufactured at the Anna Engine Plant, improving production efficiencies and increasing capacity.
Honda Civic Manufacturing
Honda has produced nearly 12 million Civics in North America, including more than five million in the United States, accounting for more than a quarter of our vehicle production in the region since Honda began making cars in America in 1982. The 11th-generation Civic continues to build on that legacy with production of the Civic Sedan in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, and Civic Hatchback at the company's Greensburg, Indiana plant.
* using domestic and globally-sourced parts
Learn more about the Honda Civic hybrid here.
About Honda
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan. The Honda electrified vehicle lineup, representing more than a quarter of total sales in 2024, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, hybrid-electric Accord, CR-V, and Civic, and Fuel-Cell-electric CR-V e:FCEV, with a hybrid Prelude set to join the lineup in late 2025.
Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates 18 major manufacturing facilities in North America. In 2024, more than 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with about two-thirds made in America, using domestic and globally sourced parts.
More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook.