In the driveway: 2012 Honda Civic Si

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

In the driveway: 2012 Honda Civic Si

Ah, the Civic Si. That bastion of boy-racerdom mixed with wonderful driving dynamics, a wonderfully manic engine, and a typically great suspension. At least that's what I thought when I first drove the car. After driving it about 60 miles, I still think that.

I'm not in love with the car's shape, though. I just keep waiting to fall in love with it, but it hasn't happened. However, I am in love with the 2.4-liter i-VTEC engine, amazing shifter, and great cornering.This car is so much fun to drive; tere is a lot of "woo hoo!" factor here especially when the VTEC kicks in ... yo.

More later—stay tuned.

3 comments:

Grooverboy said...: The shape reminds me a lot of the early 2000's Celica; January 25, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Duke said...: Funny, I was thinking Saturn S Coupe...; January 26, 2012 at 3:39 AM
nlpnt said...: So far I've seen ONE new Civic coupe out in the wild. I guess the style's just not appealing enough to justify giving up the functionality of a sedan, in most buyers' eyes.

(*as a major hatchback fan, I can't believe I used "functionality" and "sedan" in the same sentence. There aughta be a Fit Si...); January 27, 2012 at 5:14 AM