Only if you won't drive it yourself and give it to your driver than Grande is better otherwise civic is better choice and go for it eye closed and I can bet you won't regret on your decision, no more battery issue, I am driving it since may 17 never poured a drop of water in battery and still going perfect. Yes quality of civic is not upto the mark but still a lot better than Grande, rest Grande is little comfortable for rear seats passengers but civic has rear AC vents which is a great feature and as far as driving and handling is concerned civic is way better. If you compare interior and exterior of both than civic is again a class above. Rest choice is your's.