2025 Honda Civic, 2025 Toyota Corolla, 2025 Hyundai Elantra: Full Comparison

The three gas cars are a tie at 35 to 36 mpg combined, so the hybrid decides it: the Elantra Hybrid reaches 54 mpg combined, the Corolla Hybrid 50 and the Civic Hybrid 49. The Elantra also has the longest powertrain warranty, ten years or 100,000 miles, and the widest range of engines.

EPA ratings for 2025 put the best gas Civic at 32 city, 41 highway and 36 combined, the best gas Elantra at 32/41/36 and the best gas Corolla at 32/41/35. The hybrids spread out: the Corolla Hybrid reaches 53 city and 50 combined, the Civic Hybrid 50 city, 47 highway and 49 combined, and the Elantra Hybrid's most efficient version 51 city, 58 highway and 54 combined, which matches the 54 mpg DAX Street (opens in a new tab) quotes for it.

DAX Street lists the Corolla LE at 169 horsepower from a 2.0-liter four, the base Elantra at 147 horsepower, the Elantra N Line at 201 and the Civic Hybrid at 200. White Plains Honda (opens in a new tab), a Honda dealer, says the Civic's standard engine gives it a slight performance edge over the Corolla and Elantra base engines, describes the Civic cabin as roomy and refined, the Corolla's as tried-and-true and simple, and the Elantra's as bold on technology and design at a competitive price. Take the Civic-first framing with that source's bias in mind; DAX Street credits the Elantra with the lowest starting price and the widest powertrain range.

Germain Honda (opens in a new tab), also a Honda dealer, says the Civic trunk is more than half a cubic foot larger than the Elantra's and that the Civic Sedan adds standard capless fueling and larger alloy wheels against a similarly priced Elantra Limited. Compare.it (opens in a new tab) points to Hyundai's 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty as an extra layer of confidence and calls the Corolla hard to beat on reliability and resale value. Those claims are plausible and widely repeated, but check the recall and complaint history on the model-year pages before buying a specific year.