2020 Honda Civic Hatchback Sport

Not much has changed for 2020 on the new-for-2019 Honda Civic, except for a bit of sad news: Tonic Yellow—the color of our 2019 Civic Si project—is not available on the hatchback. Honda press photos do show it on a Civic Coupe, however we were unable to build any 2020 Civic in Tonic Yellow. Is it gone forever?

This go ‘round we tested the five-door Sport with the CVT which has an MSRP of $24,480. Thanks to Honda's simplified options and pricing scheme, that number only includes the $930 destination charge. 

The Hatchback Sport comes with the 180-horsepower, 1.5-liter engine that is not an option for the Sedan Sport. You do get your choice of transmissions: either a six-speed manual or the aforementioned CVT. If fuel mileage is your main concern, the CVT bests the manual in both the city—29 mpg versus 25—and on the highway—37 mpg versus 36.

Per Honda's own website the sport hatchback comes standard with the 1.5 turbo motor.  

Sonic said:

Per Honda's own website the sport hatchback comes standard with the 1.5 turbo motor.  

Amended. There was some confusion in the press release on their media site between the sedan/hatchback. The sedan Sport does not have the option of the 1.5-liter four, while all variants of the Hatchback Sport come only with the 1.5.

Shift paddles definitely belong on the wheel, not the column. If they're on the column, you lose access to them while turning the wheel.

In reply to 300zxfreak :

I think I have to agree with you on that, especially in passenger cars.

seeing these be considered a hatchback makes me miss a time when hatchback meant small and lightwheight.