Don't need to change anything? The Civic cannot at all compete against the Cruze in terms of efficiency, safety, handling and power. Yes Honda needs to change a lot in order to actually compete. All they can change is the looks of a car and even that cannot be completely redone in 2 years. Still Honda will not be able to provide the mileage.
Insight is a hybrid. Will not be in the same price range. Honda badge isn't what sells cars anymore. Plus it looks just like a Prius. Has limited production. What does this have to do with the argument again?
It still doesn't change anything I said...
Oops I keep mixing up the Camry and the Corolla. Give away their Malibu? You must be seeing things, since the Malibu is best in class, if you mean in terms of sales, well we all know that isn't possible until it is sold globally.
Doesn't turn heads? Are you sure about that? Clearly haven't seen this car in person or you are a Ford fan, I am going to go for the later. You are just running out of arguments at this point.
I can't see how the Civic stands out at all. Got to be one of the most boring cars you see on the roads. Every single generation is like they added something onto it and there is nothing dramatically different about them. They are purely evolutionary and don't change nothing about them. Look at the change in 2009, its just a brutal attempt at even making any changes and in my opinion made it worse.
The fact remains that all you are basing yourself on simply exterior looks. The exterior looks great, sleek, while the interior is leagues ahead of anything seen by any competitor or GM. Show me any sort of sign of a competitor able to put in materials found in the Cruze's interior; between the glossed black, brushed metal and fabric along the dash. Even the pedals aren't flimsy plastic. Other than looks, the Cruze packs into an economy car features and numbers that are simply comparable to current or future cars announced by any competitor. Ford, Honda, Toyota cannot possibly re-engineer a car in 2 years to compete against the Cruze on all fronts, its impossible. A simple MCE takes about 2 years to do and thats just changing a bit of sheet metal. Honda and Toyota are notorious for not changing much more than the sheet metal and some fabrics and calling it a new car. For them to be even able to release a car that fully competes against the Cruze will surely be very surprising.
