There's not much in price movement you can negotiate on the new Civic but you can ask for accessories such as window tinting, floor mats and fog lights. $1200 for dealer delivery seems about right. On top of that I also managed to negotiate $290 off the purchased price and that is after all the goodies thrown in. There's also full tank of petrol and a $150 referral voucher redeemable for petrol, Woolworth, Coles etc.

The thing is after April, the Civic and Jazz revert back to being sourced from Thailand. This few batches are from Japan.

iPod integration is really good. You control it via a menu for songs and albums selection. All title, artist are shown on the lcd screen which is very nice. That same panel also toggles between, clock, fuel consumption and iPod display. You can even upload a favourite picture there.

The display right in front of the steering wheel shows coloured bars which changes from dark blue (heavy driving) to light blue and eventually green for cruising.

Bluetooth for hands free mobile phone operation is via controls on the steering wheel. I imagine this to be the same as the new Euro which I drive. This is very good and is a must especially when you can get fined for holding your phone whilst driving besides being dangerous.

I can tell you a lot more but you really need to see the car in person at the showroom. It looks much much better than on the website. It drives well too. I have test drive the Subaru Impreza and I must say the Subaru handles a bit better due to AWD but is $2 k more. Both cars feels nice to drive and both are new 2012 models which looks good and has solid resale value.

Of course there are other brands but if I favoured other brands I wouldn't be here on this Civic forum. Like I say I drive the Euro but I still think the new Civic is nice. Get it while it's still made in Japan.