2022 STICK SHIFT CARS MANUAL
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That relatively small price step up from the sedan brings with it a choice for Civic buyers. The hatchback lineup starts at $23,915, $1000 more than the sedan. Honda's lane-keeping and active cruise-control systems are standard on all hatchbacks.

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Features include a Bose premium audio system, a 9.0-inch touchscreen with navigation, a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability, dual rear 2.5-amp USB ports, a sunroof, dual-zone climate control, power seats, wireless phone charging, and much more. The Sport Touring trim also offers the kind of upscale equipment that has become common across the small-car segment in recent years. Our manually equipped test car showed less than 400 miles on the odometer, and with a few more break-in miles, we expect there to be more separation between the two.

2022 STICK SHIFT CARS MANUAL

That's no real advantage over the CVT, where we recorded a 7.2-second zero-to-60-mph sprint and a 15.6-second quarter in a Civic Sport Touring sedan, but the manual certainly is more fun. The engine purrs softly even when worked hard, and it propelled the stick-shift hatchback to 60 mph in 7.3 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.5 seconds at 91 mph.

The clutch is effortless, and the shift action is good-not as well oiled as in Honda's best manual gearboxes, but precise and easy to use. The six-speed manual certainly makes the Sport Touring more engaging. Our Sonic Gray Civic Sport Touring test car gave off a sporty vibe thanks to its standard blacked-out trim and hunky 235/40R-18 Continental ContiProContact all-season tires on great-looking 10-spoke wheels. LOWS: Audio system lacks a tuning knob, turbo engine not available on the Sport model, price encroaches on Accord Sport. Then again, the Accord is no longer available with a manual gearbox. The loaded Sport Touring is powered by the brawnier, 180-hp turbocharged 1.5-liter four, by far the livelier combination, but at a base price of $30,415, its sticker is closing in on that of the superb 252-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter Accord Sport, which went for $33,125 in 2021 (prices aren't yet out for the 2022 Accord line). The $25,115 Sport would be our pick for the best balance of price and stick-shift fun, but it comes only with the base 158-hp 2.0-liter inline-four. The base LX and the EX-L are available only with Honda's continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). Two of the four hatchback models, the midlevel Sport and our top-spec Sport Touring test car, can be equipped with the manual as a no-cost option. It also offers a manual transmission, just as it did in the previous generation. Cargo-hauling capability isn't the only thing that makes the hatchback stand out in the Civic lineup, though. The sedan's trunk holds 14 cubic feet of freshly purchased goods, but the hatchback can carry 25 cubic feet behind its fold-down rear seat. While passenger room is virtually identical between the new Civic sedan and hatchback, there's no question which one enables the bigger Costco run. HIGHS: Six-speed stick, huge cargo bay, looks as handsome as the Civic sedan.

2022 stick shift cars