DON’T LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE! My Civic was a piece of crap that was incredibly unsafe—traction and handling was so bad I had to make a quick swerve and COMPLETELY lost control of it on a busy highway. I should have died. I finally got rid of it when someone ran a red light and hit me going maybe 25mph and the car was TOTALLED, no joke.
I have a Mazda3 now and it handles like a BMW. I sprung for side airbags and ABS, so not only is it the most incredibly fun car I’ve ever driven, it’s safe too! :)