Capable of 340hp in a CTR is craziness. This is definitely going to bother a lot of the guys that are buying the BRZs and cars in that caliber. Getting spanked by one of these Civics will bring a reality check to a lot of non-believers lol
I don't expect the Si to increase in price too much from the 9th gen, since the regular civics didn't all that much either... no point in pricing it out of their core demographics price range, that's what the Type R is for... I figure Si will basically have the same standard stuff as an EXT trim that could slot it below the touring price, but above the EXT price. Type R hopefully won't gain too much price either, since it's already around $30k.That would be ideal for the Si to be in that range. It'll still be open to a good amount of tuning at that and be able to produce some good numbers. Wonder what the price difference is that we'll be looking at
Probably one of the new civics biggest advantages is that it'll be cross shopped with Acura and other entry level lux brands because of its new level of refinement and features. If the Type R can bring those cards to the table AND 340hp it'd be much a easier sell than any previous civic over a similarly equipped acura. Same way VW gets cross shopped with audi.Around the $30k price range for the TypeR would be ideal, keep it within competition spec. It'll be real interesting to see what sales are like on it though against the other hot hatches. Wonder if it'll cause some people to change their brand loyalty.
I'm pretty sure Honda will come out with an optional larger spoiler if it doesn't come as standard. We saw it on the test mule so I assume it'll be included somehow.I like the big spoiler on the back of the camouflaged version. Just like the Si, it needs the bigger Spoiler. It looks to much like the regular versions without it.
Honda is all about using passive aero on it's cars (as opposed to automated active aero like grill shutters) so i'd be surprised if we didn't see a spoiler on the final car since that's about the best passive aero you can do on such a high hp FWD car.I'm pretty sure Honda will come out with an optional larger spoiler if it doesn't come as standard. We saw it on the test mule so I assume it'll be included somehow.
If they have it's on the NSX... but i don't know if it has any active aero or not... pretty sure they did all it's aero with vents.I don't think Honda has ever used active aero.. have they ?!