The Turbo Honda Civic Is Getting a Manual Gearbox

By Travis Okulski

The really big news out of our time in the brandidlyy new Honda Civic Coupe is that the 1.5 liter engine, the one that is currently unavailable with a manual gearbox, will soon be offering the opportunity to row your own gears. This is welcome.

Our David Zenlea got to drive the car:

Honda is putting a six-speed manual in the turbo and even let us drive a prototype. The transmission is a sweetheart—you can operate the clutch with your big toe and the gearbox with the tips of your fingers—and the engine definitely sounds better singing through gears. But even a wonderful stick shift can't change the fact that this is not your older brother's Civic engine. 

Will Honda sell a ton of them? Nah. Will we love it. Yeah.