This, unfortunately, is true. To make matters worse, even if the manual take-rate weren't so pathetic, manuals are going to disappear in a generation or two anyway due to electrification.
That's something that I had forgotten about.
A lot of people will say that you can just get a Hondata tune to make a hatchback perform like an Si, but there's always all the other stuff like the LSD, brakes, suspension upgrades, etc.
The Si sedan, for me, was always a bit of a compromise...
If the current CTR is any guide, I wouldn't buy one for a couple of reasons.
1. It's a lot more expensive. Si would cost a lot less than a Sport Touring, while a CTR would cost considerably more.
2. The current CTR's wheels and tires with impossibly small sidewall wouldn't do well in the...