Spacious Cabin

One of the first things you’ll experience when you enter a car’s cabin is how much room you have to move around. Stretching out and finding your personal space is a great way to start the next leg of your road trip. Since spacious interiors are always better, it’s easy to see what makes the Honda Civic a better choice over the Toyota Corolla.

As you can see, with the Honda Civic, there will be additional room in the driver’s seat and throughout the cabin. Friends and family will have significantly more space in the Honda Civic, especially when it comes to rear legroom and shoulder room. The Civic is an excellent choice whether you’re driving solo or have people coming along for the ride.

Comfort Features

Once you buckle in, you'll want to be as relaxed as possible before starting your drive. The Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla have an array of available features that make time behind the wheel worth looking forward to. These options are available on each model, making them more adaptable to your preferences:

• Heated front seats
• 8-way power driver’s seat
• Power sliding moonroof

While they have some similar features, the Civic goes the extra mile with its available offerings. Only the Civic offers available leather seating for a lush experience that the Corolla can’t match. You can also enjoy available dual-zone automatic climate control in the Civic, so you and your copilot can each set your preferred temperatures. The Corolla only offers single-zone automatic temperature control.

Confident Capability

Efficient and smooth performance is at the heart of any great car. You’ll want a ride that has enough strength for obstacles ahead while remaining fuel-efficient and easy to control. The Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla have similar architectures that yield comparable performances, keeping them neck and neck.

Both models offer a smooth experience behind the wheel, making each one a suitable option. They each have hybrid powertrains available, too, furthering their similarities. At this point, any differences become even more important.

Dynamic Adjustment

Various situations call for different kinds of driving. There are plenty of contrasts between cruising down the highway and checking out the sights downtown. The Honda Civic offers up to four dynamic drive modes, that allow you to make fine-tuned changes to your sedan’s performance. Modes include:

• Econ
• Normal
• Sport
• Individual

Each drive mode suits everyday life’s twists and turns. The Individual mode lets you create your own setting that meets your unique demands for power, efficiency, and anything in between. While the Corolla has similar drive modes, it lacks a customizable one. The Civic stands tall with more options.

That’s Infotainment

Staying connected is essential when you’re leading an active lifestyle. By pairing your phone with your car, you can keep up with messages, stream your favorite playlists, and access directions to your next destination. While the Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla each have easy-to-use systems, the Civic has even more infotainment features available, to expand the possibilities:

• Google built-in
• Alexa built-in
• 12-speaker Bose Premium Sound System

The added help of intelligent assistants makes it easy to do more from behind the wheel; all you need is your voice. The advanced sound system makes your playlist richer and powerful, spicing up any road trip. The Corolla only offers up to nine premium speakers and lacks Google and Alexa features.

Driver-Assistive Technologies

One way to ensure peace of mind is to have access to advanced safety features. The Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla each come standard with driver-assistive features that complement your safe driving habits and keep an eye out for you on the road. Honda Sensing® and a similar safety suite in the Toyota Corolla include brand-specific versions of:

• Collision Mitigation Braking System™
• Road Departure Mitigation System
• Forward Collision Warning
• Auto High-Beam Headlights
• Lane Keeping Assist System

The road can be unpredictable, so it’s reassuring to know your vehicle is engineered for the unexpected. The Honda Civic provides that confidence with its exclusive Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure. In a collision, ACE™ absorbs and deflects impact forces away from the cabin and its occupants. And because this safety technology is unique to Honda, the Toyota Corolla simply doesn’t offer this added layer of protection.