He’s right about that. The new Civic has taken the place of the older Accords, disconnected, sport-less…the choice of foreigners at every local university.
That’s not bad if you want a soft riding car, gets good mileage and frankly don’t give two shits about anything else. But if you want some inkling of sportiness while being mileage/cost-minded then both the Fit and Mazda3i are decent choices.