What say you? It's in line with Honda's gradual steps up in HP, but it still seems a little underwhelming. Am I alone here?
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New Civic SI to get 205hp K24
What say you? It's in line with Honda's gradual steps up in HP, but it still seems a little underwhelming. Am I alone here?
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Not a fan of the styling, first of all. Its reminiscent of the solara, and i always hated those cars.
As far as 205hp? im sure it will have better low end grunt for around-town scootin, but i mean...to have a "performance minded" car like the si, they need to get with the times. 220-230bhp should be the bottom line for this car.
Looks like ill be aiming for CR-Z after all. I dont like the looks of this at all.
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Dang it, why did you mention the Solara. I hadn't made that connection and now I can't lose it. Though I still really like the styling, reminds me more of an Accord Coupe Jr., which I love.Originally Posted by msanch24
Let's see if they release a turbo CR-Z. I feel like Honda has something up their sleeve here.
Haha my bad man. Its that line down the door and into the quarter panel. Straight off of a solara.
Yeah, a turbo CR-Z or even a CR-Z si with the new k24 would scoot nicely. I love the styling of those cars. A good motor would lock it in for me.
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hahaha. Im not all too worried about that yet, but i definitely see your point.
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205 hp=still slow as shit. Slightly quick to some perhaps, but I just can't be impressed by it..... I'm sure it will handle well and all but I really think Honda needs to look into forced induction and make the Si more respectable. Or if they stick with 200ish hp NA motors they need to make the rest of the car more like the old Si's and ITR's. 205hp in a modern car isn't going to do it for anyone that's driven something with any actual power behind it. That being said, fortunately K series motors can be so beastly with good mods/tuning that the right hands can make the car what it should be.
Why can't we get that Si that's over in Europe?
Let me reword that...
Why can't we get ANY of the good shit that Europe has? lol
Nah.....this.
I can see pedobear hoping out of that.I think I have a utility fetish.
LOL that thing is just awkward to look at but i cant look away...I think I have a utility fetish.
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Nah.....this.
Ehhh, if i was going to get something foreign and a Ford, it would definitely have to be a UTE! Supercharged V8 FTW!
those are neat but pretty undriveableEhhh, if i was going to get something foreign and a Ford, it would definitely have to be a UTE! Supercharged V8 FTW!
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Haha all that power to the rear wheels with no weight on them. i bet its tail happy like nobody's bidness.
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i hate the new looks on the civics. they are just fat looking and small rear windows and overly large front windshield and a oversized dash.
(jump back in my eg)
I'd love to have a focus RS. Maybe, just maybe, svt will do something nice with the fiesta over here. Hopefully it will come with something a bit more than the focus svt had. What a flop.
that's how I roll
i feel like the only guy who hates every version of every focus lol. kinda along the lines of the new beetle, their image over here (to me) has just turned into "steer clear because the person driving that car has been in more accidents than she can remember that were her own fault".
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It really wasn't. The Civic has totally taken over it's segment, noone cares that 1st gen Neons also have a great chassis or that the SVT Focus was actually really fun, hell the newest Cobalt SS model was awesome but it didn't really matter. People don't give a shit about American compacts, which I do understand partially but it's just funny to see so many shit talkers that don't actually know a damn thing about the cars. I might be in the market for an SVT Focus within a year or two, they're starting to get nice and cheap.
thats true, man. thanks for pointing it out. i really hadnt realized. (no sarcasm intended)
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I think that "tuners" have had a large role in the popularity of japanese compacts, specifically hondas. All those kids who were fixing up early 90's civics grew up, got decent jobs, and then bought new hondas. Not necessarily because they were the best car but because of brand loyalty and familiarity.
Also american car makers won't stick with a compact car long enough for it to get a following. You get one or two models then they have changed the name and re-badged the next model as something else. Might be different if Chevy had been building the Cobalt since the 80's. I don't even know what Chevys civic equivalent was in the 80's.
I love my SVT Focus. Gonna boost it eventually. It's not a "tuner" car you see around these parts often and that's what I like about it. Different than the rest.
I'd rock it. It does look similar to an accord
I like the styling except for that crease on the side, it's too big. 205 hp is decent in, you can't really expect too much hp from a stock civic. Now It would be badass if it also had 205 ft/lbs of tq AND 205 hp. They should work on THAT.
BUT, it seems honda said "fuck you" to us Americans who want performance cars because they've axed the integra/rsx/nsx/s2000 over here. Currently honda's fastest car is the v6 accord coupe. For all you loyal fanboys out there, honda has rewarded your loyalty by getting rid of all the performance cars(except for the civic si which Imo isn't really a performance car) it manufactured. Ouch.
Ewww, not feeling the styling at all and the hp is weksos
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