The Civic, like most every modern Honda, is very well built. From the outside, about the only things we could find were a hood and trunk lid that were ever so slightly off center, but we're really picking nits here. The interior is much the same. Panel gaps are so tight a playing card won't fit in most of them, there was nothing misaligned that we could find, and even the decorative red stitching on the armrests and seats was perfectly parallel. The only chink in the build quality armor was a small strip of protective plastic left over after production wedged between the window switches and driver's door panel.