LED headlights
LED front turn signals
LED mirror integrated turn signals
Leather seats with 8-way power adjustment
Premium audio
Built-in Garmin navigation
Auto-dimming rear view mirror
Automatic wipers
And without those below. But now all trims have automatic high-beam headlights (which is a great feature), all have the same cupholders, and all can go forward, backwards, and turn left and right.Thanks! I think I can live without those features
Yeah, for a while I regretted my touring but I really like the leather and other features that are only available on it. Super convenient if you can't directly drop thousands cash to add those features regardless of if they're better than OEM.I have a 2019 ST hatch, and tbh I think I overpaid because the features don't add up to the difference in price. However, I like my leather seats, my sunroof, the upgraded audio, and the LED lights do really make a huge difference. I also like the middle dual exhaust vs. the EX and LX where its like under the bumper basically. For me, to get the features I wanted and to do minimal aftermarket work to it, I "had" to get the ST.
As I said, the $$ don't add up with the features (especially as the safety suite becomes standard across models) but it was overall "worth it" to me as I got everything I wanted. If you plan on owning the car a while and especially if paying it off, I'd spend the extra money to get everything you want.
Manufacturer/dealer higher trim features never add up and never did. All options are always way way more expensive than they cost and the more expensive the car model is, the more ridiculously so (in "luxury" cars some decorative strip of crap on the dashboard which costs $14.37 to include, could be easily an option priced at $459). The "leather" as it is in the civic probably costs almost nothing extra, compared to cloth.I have a 2019 ST hatch, and tbh I think I overpaid because the features don't add up to the difference in price.
The leather definitely costs more. It may seem like cheap leather but car leather has to withstand temperature extremes and sun, unlike say, a leather couch.Manufacturer/dealer higher trim features never add up and never did. All options are always way way more expensive than they cost and the more expensive the car model is, the more ridiculously so (in "luxury" cars some decorative strip of crap on the dashboard which costs $14.37 to include, could be easily an option priced at $459). The "leather" as it is in the civic probably costs almost nothing extra, compared to cloth.
For this reason there is much more room to bargain when buying a higher trim of a regular car. Manufacture/dealer just make more money on the sale anyway.
There are exceptions, like Type R. Of course it does not "cost" so much more to make (the cost to make a 2.0T engine is about the same as 1.5T, and some features are actually missing in type compared to ST ). I would estimate it might cost maybe $2500 max to manufacture a Type R instead of an Si, but they decided to play "hard to get" and collect high premiums with this model. Which makes sense, because as it is, it can't possibly achieve significant sales numbers anyway, so it plays the role of the flagship civic.