$40K for a Civic? Wow, I can go get one of the new NISMO Track Tuned 350Z's for less than that.
See:
http://digiads.com.au/car-news/lates.../photos_0.html
Also, whomever wrote that article needs to fired, sometime around now. It was jumping back and forth so much that I couldn't tell which car it was referring to half the time. First it was the Mugen Civic, then the Si, the Type-R, the Type RR, then back to the Si.