Honda I applaud you

"Dasupersprint - base trim is enough" (dasupersprint)
10/02/2017 at 10:16 • Filed to: Optimanual

As an owner of a manual midsize sedan, I’m really thankfull for the new Accord who accomplishes the task of not only offering a manual, but on two engines and on different trims!

Let’s see how many they sell now, I wish them good luck.

Only contenders now are Accord, 6 and Legacy.

Dead in the past 5 years are Fusion, Sonata, Optima, Passat

DISCUSSION (8)

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
10/02/2017 at 10:27

As a manual Subaru owner in the USA, I find it rather odd that the Legacy/Outback get a manual up north but not here. That being said, I can’t imaging myself actually buying a 2.5/6MT Legacy or Outback anyway. What I really wish they would do an update of the 2010-11 Legacy GT with the WRX motor and a 6MT.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
10/02/2017 at 10:29

YES that would be some sort of mature WRX like the GT was

LongbowMkII > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
10/02/2017 at 10:36

Yeah, but the current legacy is ugly.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > LongbowMkII
10/02/2017 at 10:46

I actually think the current Legacy is more boring than ugly and an improvement over the old one. Sometimes I look at my ‘13 outback in the garage and shake my head and wonder how I bought that ugly thing.

random001 > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
10/02/2017 at 10:48

Sadly, I don’t think one can get a manual Legacy anymore...

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
10/02/2017 at 10:52

The 2.0T/6MT Accord has the potential to somewhat fit that bill. But without AWD it’s more of a grown up Civic Type R than a grown up WRX.

I guess the closest thing we have to a “mature WRX” right now is an Audi A4 Quattro with the 2.0T and stick. But starting at $40k it also comes with a correspondingly mature price tag.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > random001
10/02/2017 at 11:02

Oh you’re right, CVT it is since the facelift

random001 > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
10/02/2017 at 11:03

It’s very sad.