2022 Honda Civic.

The carryover chassis and both the base 2.0-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder and the 1.5-liter turbo I-4 engines do make the 2022 Civic an evolutionary machine. We've said it before, but the new Civic really didn't have to be this good; a simple, low-intensity refresh of the previous generation would have been fine enough for at least another three competitive years before Honda's competitors could even imagine overtaking it. A few judges noted some issues with NVH - mostly brought on by Honda's reliance on a thrash-prone CVT - but there was unanimous praise for how the car drove. [Extracted from the article]