Honda (UK) has introduced reduced monthly pay plans, zero per cent APR and an optional fixed-price five year care package on the updated Civic hatchback.

It is offering a 2014 Civic 1.4 i-VTEC S for £209 per month, or the Civic 1.6 i-DTEC S for £239 per month.

These monthly costs include Honda's fixed-price care package, ‘Five'.

Also available as a one-off £500 payment across the Civic range, this package offers potential savings of up to £1,345, covering servicing, warranty and roadside assistance for five years.

Since its launch at the beginning of the year the ‘Five' care package has been taken up by 90% of new Honda customers.

Leon Brannan, head of cars at Honda (UK), said: "The Civic is an important model for Honda, and as such we are constantly looking at how we can further enhance its ‘sporting and advanced' characteristics. With the much anticipated new Civic Type R on the horizon these changes very much point to the direction that we continue to take with the Civic range. We're confident that such low monthly payments coupled with low and manageable running costs will add even further to the appeal of the Civic."