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Our general consensus is that the 2013 Dodge Dart is far better on the highway than around town, so it's no surprise the white sedan spent most of last month on long road trips. That allowed the car to rack up 1873 more miles and bumped its cumulative fuel-economy average up to 28.6 mpg.
We ended last month's update with a quote from executive editor Todd Lassa, who believes our 2.4-liter Acura ILX "would be a much better $26,000 Civic Si sedan, even without some of the 'premium' touches." That statement prompted a lot of discussion, and all of us were asking, "Would it really?" So we snagged a 2013 Honda Civic Si sedan for comparison. The Si we tested was fully loaded. Its 17-inch aluminum wheels were wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tires, a $200 option from the factory, and it had navigation, something that isn't available on our ILX. The Civic's price? $23,705. That's $6390 less than our ILX. Things weren't looking good for the ILX, and we hadn't even seen the Civic Si yet -- all we had was the window sticker.
We ended last month's update with a quote from executive editor Todd Lassa, who believes our 2.4-liter Acura ILX "would be a much better $26,000 Civic Si sedan, even without some of the 'premium' touches." That statement prompted a lot of discussion, and all of us were asking, "Would it really?" So we snagged a 2013 Honda Civic Si sedan for comparison. The Si we tested was fully loaded. Its 17-inch aluminum wheels were wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tires, a $200 option from the factory, and it had navigation, something that isn't available on our ILX. The Civic's price? $23,705. That's $6390 less than our ILX. Things weren't looking good for the ILX, and we hadn't even seen the Civic Si yet -- all we had was the window sticker.
