The Civic has a mostly smart interior design that makes a daring exterior style work on the inside too. We love the way vents are integrated into the dash up front, love the sporty and grippy steering wheel, love the hard and cool transmission shifter. Unfortunately it looks like Honda’s designers ran out of pizzazz as they made their way to the back. There aren’t high levels of refinement compared to the front, and it looks like the only design dictate was, "make room for two, three in a pinch." There is no cargo-extending folding rear seat – not even a pass through for long objects – just two weak door-mounted cupholders. It’s basically a bench seat and some seatbelts.