Brian
12-05-2005, 01:25 PM
New Honda Civic: too mainstream?
<p><img alt="Honda civic si 400 pr photo" src="http://common.weblogsinc.com/common/images/3060000000052079.jpg?0.686637554274411" align="right" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4"/><br />
Honda desperately needed to update and replace its best-selling car. Though at one time the Civic was the golden boy<br />
of the tuner crowd, that bunch began to look elsewhere after the late Nineties when the car went smooth, mainstream and<br />
joined its Corolla rival in bland land.</p>
<p> So the company went back to the drawing board and, <span >Voila</span><em>!</em><br />
<a href="http://motortrend.com/features/news/112_news051112_car_of_the_year/">Motor Trends 2006 Car of the Year</a>. So does that mean the Civic has regained the hearts of its gearhead constituency, perhaps even stolen a few back from Mazda and Scion?</p>
<p>Not according to several critics. A review in the<br />
<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/BUSINESS02/512010457/1015">Detroit Free Press</a><br />
points out issues between the newly separate speedometer and tachometer that will make an enthusiast blanch. And another review in <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/content/1131718516418961568/">The Truth About Cars</a><br />
found the 140 ponies not quite matching the visual power of the new sheetmetal.</p>
<p> What?s your take? Is the new Civic a tuner?s toy or Toyota?s twin?</p>
<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/BUSINESS02/512010457/1015">Source</a>
</p>
Read At Automotive Arena (http://www.automotivearena.com/2005/12/05/new-honda-civic-too-mainstream/)
<p><img alt="Honda civic si 400 pr photo" src="http://common.weblogsinc.com/common/images/3060000000052079.jpg?0.686637554274411" align="right" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4"/><br />
Honda desperately needed to update and replace its best-selling car. Though at one time the Civic was the golden boy<br />
of the tuner crowd, that bunch began to look elsewhere after the late Nineties when the car went smooth, mainstream and<br />
joined its Corolla rival in bland land.</p>
<p> So the company went back to the drawing board and, <span >Voila</span><em>!</em><br />
<a href="http://motortrend.com/features/news/112_news051112_car_of_the_year/">Motor Trends 2006 Car of the Year</a>. So does that mean the Civic has regained the hearts of its gearhead constituency, perhaps even stolen a few back from Mazda and Scion?</p>
<p>Not according to several critics. A review in the<br />
<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/BUSINESS02/512010457/1015">Detroit Free Press</a><br />
points out issues between the newly separate speedometer and tachometer that will make an enthusiast blanch. And another review in <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/content/1131718516418961568/">The Truth About Cars</a><br />
found the 140 ponies not quite matching the visual power of the new sheetmetal.</p>
<p> What?s your take? Is the new Civic a tuner?s toy or Toyota?s twin?</p>
<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/BUSINESS02/512010457/1015">Source</a>
</p>
Read At Automotive Arena (http://www.automotivearena.com/2005/12/05/new-honda-civic-too-mainstream/)