2018 Honda Civic: trims, real prices & how to pick yours

70 builds left the factory as a 2018 Civic, each a different combination of engine, transmission and body identified by the first eight characters of its VIN. The 45 main configurations sell for $8,555–$155,000 today. Page 1 of 2.

  • 45 main configurations
  • 130,361 vehicles built
  • 1,479 for sale right now
  • $8,555–$155,000 typical price range

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What actually differs

LX 2HGFC2F5-J EX 2HGFC2F7-J LX 19XFC2F5-J EX SHHFK7H5-J
Engine 2L 4-cyl 2L 4-cyl 2L 4-cyl 1.5L 4-cyl
Power 158 hp 158 hp 158 hp 174 hp
Body Sedan Sedan Sedan Hatchback
Doors 4-door 4-door 4-door 5-door
Typical price today $15,669 $16,265 $14,799 $17,990
For sale right now 224 120 96 153
Vehicles built 26,063 16,220 11,192 10,508
Same on every 2018 Civic
  • Transmission Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
  • Fuel Gasoline
  • Seats 5

What people actually pay

1,582 price observations · updated Sep 6, 2026
LX 2HGFC2F5-J
$15,669
EX 2HGFC2F7-J
$16,265
LX 19XFC2F5-J
$14,799
EX SHHFK7H5-J
$17,990
EX 19XFC2F7-J
$15,120
SI/SI HPT
$19,199
$8,487 $12,817 $17,147 $21,477 $25,807
Price trend

Median up $2,993 over the last 12 months.

2018 Civic price history →
Will it hold value?

A Civic typically keeps about 59% of its price over 5 years — a 5-year-old one runs about $9,995 today.

Civic depreciation by year →
Cost to run

30/39 mpg city/highway. Roughly $1,370/yr on fuel at 15,000 miles.

EPA estimate for the 2018 Civic

Safety, in plain English

NHTSA overall crash rating

★★★★★ 5 / 5

4 recalls on file for this model year — check any specific VIN before you buy.

Driver assistance — varies by configuration
  • ✓ Warns you before a crash (optional)
  • ✓ Brakes for you in an emergency (optional)
  • ✓ Watches your blind spot
  • ✓ Warns when you drift from your lane (optional)
  • ✓ Steers you back into the lane (optional)
  • ✓ Keeps distance on the highway (optional)
Decoded from NHTSA build records.

What SHHFK7H5-J means

SHH FK7H5 · J
SHH
the World Manufacturer Identifier Honda registered — the manufacturer and plant group
FK7H5
together encode the Civic line — Hatchback, 1.5L 4cyl — as Honda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
J
in position 10 — model year 2018
9, 11–17
differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Real VINs from this run SHHFK7H5 0JU402986 SHHFK7H5 0JU415656 SHHFK7H5 0JU410831
19 rare configurations — mostly fleet, export or irregular VIN patterns. Fewer than 20 known vehicles each.

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