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Kelley Blue Book’s Best Buy Awards for 2022: Here Are KBB’s Choices

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Derek Boshouwers
The magazine makes its picks for the Best Buys in 18 car, SUV and truck categories

Best Compact Car: 2022 Honda Civic

2022 Honda Civic
2022 Honda Civic | Photo: Honda

The trusty Civic has just been named Canada’s best-selling car for the 24th year running, and while that’s not as meaningful as in the days before SUVs sucked away huge portions of the buying public, it still means something.

Americans love Honda’s compact car too, and so do the folks at KBB.

What KBB liked:

- Extensive redesign and modernization job carried out by Honda for 2022
- Good feel inside, and good feel on the road from a truly mature product
- Quite sporty but still really practical
- Reasonable pricing, especially for what you get
- Good power from the available engines
- Available manual transmissions
- Roomier inside than before
- Comfortable seating
- Build quality
- Base models reasonably well-equipped

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2022 Honda Civic, three-quarters rear
2022 Honda Civic, three-quarters rear | Photo: Honda
2022 Honda Civic Si
2022 Honda Civic Si | Photo: Honda
2022 Honda Civic, interior
2022 Honda Civic, interior | Photo: D.Rufiange
Derek Boshouwers
Derek Boshouwers
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  • Over 5 years' experience as an automotive journalist
  • More than 50 test drives in the past year
  • Participation in over 30 new vehicle launches in the presence of the brand's technical specialists