Welcome to the forum, Ni87!
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was looking at a 1995 civic hatch
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People have done really well with older Civics. For newer non-hybrid Hondas, the Fit has essentially replaced the Civic, but the gearing is low, which hurts highway MPG. (I don't know if anyone has re-geared a Fit yet.)
What will your typical use be? (Highway / urban driving?)
The original Insight is the king of the efficiency hill. But they're getting hard to find in Canada, and the steel components in them still rust -- I've even seen one with corrosion in the aluminum body panels!
I assume if you're going with a conventional drivetrain you would stick with a manual transmission. It's usually much easier to beat a vehicle's ratings (and by a wider margin) with a stick than with an automatic.