The Tourer has 624 litres of boot space (seats up), which expands to 1668 litres with the rear seats folded flat and loaded to the roof.
Small estates have usually sold only in small numbers, but the market has been enlivened this year with the introduction of a more up-to-date and capable Volkswagen Golf estate and the imminent arrival of the first estate version of the SEAT Leon.
UK order books for the Civic Tourer open in December and the first cars will be delivered in February 2014.
Read our car review of the new and very business friendly Honda CR-V.
