civic r coming to the states?

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hmm.... well i'll give it that the CTR is a great competitor all the R's have been... the ITR still holds my highest respect in racing and street alike. but @ the end of the day its a civic. the higher HP is good, still doesn't have the TQ to back it up. but its nice to see they will finally offer the LSD over here (WTF have they been thinking not doing it since day 1 ) and yeah screw the MUGEN one. however Mugen/Spoon parts will make this car the shiznit. and thats sad about the seats. half the allure of owning a type R is that you have FACTORY pimp status. the new Si seats albeit nice are NOT recaro's... if i buy some frickin recaro's i better have those 6 letter stamped into my frickin seat lol. but we'll see... if they were smart they would offer a TRUE version of this car over here.... RED interior/WHITE exterior/LSD/RECARO seats... it will sell either way but still sad to hear about the seats... you make good points though.

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hmm.... well i'll give it that the CTR is a great competitor all the R's have been... the ITR still holds my highest respect in racing and street alike. but @ the end of the day its a civic. the higher HP is good, still doesn't have the TQ to back it up. but its nice to see they will finally offer the LSD over here (WTF have they been thinking not doing it since day 1 ) and yeah screw the MUGEN one. however Mugen/Spoon parts will make this car the shiznit. and thats sad about the seats. half the allure of owning a type R is that you have FACTORY pimp status. the new Si seats albeit nice are NOT recaro's... if i buy some frickin recaro's i better have those 6 letter stamped into my frickin seat lol. but we'll see... if they were smart they would offer a TRUE version of this car over here.... RED interior/WHITE exterior/LSD/RECARO seats... it will sell either way but still sad to hear about the seats... you make good points though.

Isn't the rsx/integra just a civic with a touch of "Acura's luxury"? I mean, Acura is a branch of Honda and they do share the same platform and sometimes even drivetrain. For instance, the older Acura TL's and the Honda Accords. Even the Acura TSX is a Euro Accord. So all I'm saying is indeed a civic is a civic but likewise, an "Acura" TSX/TL is merely a Honda Accord so... isn't the "Acura" ITR "still a civic"?

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Isn't the rsx/integra just a civic with a touch of "Acura's luxury"? I mean, Acura is a branch of Honda and they do share the same platform and sometimes even drivetrain. For instance, the older Acura TL's and the Honda Accords. Even the Acura TSX is a Euro Accord. So all I'm saying is indeed a civic is a civic but likewise, an "Acura" TSX/TL is merely a Honda Accord so... isn't the "Acura" ITR "still a civic"?

An Integra is not quited and civic, but then again look at the toyta supra, the sc300 and the celica, (also g35/350z, r32,33,34). The supra, was a more aggressive version of the celica back in the days, and then once it was independent lexus decided to use the same platform/chasiss of the supra to make it inot a lexus sc300, same with the skylines, there probably many more example of this, but I can't think of any more right now lol. What im trying to get at is that why mess with something if it good? Just make it better?

When they made the ITR it was with the same chassis design as the eg but they, redesign the supension alittle bite as well stiffen it up , and introduce a more powerful engine (b18c5) they did not just put a new skin on it an sell it as a acura integra. the later model ITR(dc5) i think was design on a new platform, then that of the civic(ep3), but i'm not sure so don't quote me on that. Also I belive the tsx was design on a double wishbone suspension, and was better handling then that of the rsx(therefore we see it more on the racing scene) but the honda use the same chassis to make the new civic? si/regular civic, someone correct me on this if im wrong.