gtman
Senior Member
That's been my take from day one, short of the bitter part.Honda found ways to castrate the 11th gen by limiting colours for the Si and kinda disappointing to see the cars are slower.
i personally feel the 11th gen is way too “ generic and mundane“, I see them on the road and honestly they look almost invisible in traffic. So bland.
I remember the days when civic used to be more fun looking, more sporty looking, more youthful and daring than the accord. Today, it’s basically a accord.
Maybe I’m old and bitter but 11th gen is a hard pass for me.
And maybe it is an age thing to an extent. I remember when Honda didn't even have a presence in the US. I personally like the concept of small and sporty and that's kind of what Honda was before the SUV mania.
Most Hondas were small, well made and fun Japanese cars back in the day. The Civics. The Integra. The Prelude. The CRX. The Del Sol. The S2000. The CR-Z, even though it flopped with Honda's decision to make it underpowered. All those cars were fun and kind of distinctive. Fast forward to some more recent some bland generations of Civics and I walked away from Honda. Just didn't like what I saw. What brought me back to Honda was the 10th gen. Cool, almost "out there" stying. A great combo of price, performance and economy. My only decision was which body style to buy. They were all great.
That's why I feel the 11th is a let down. It should have been an evolution of the 10th. Sure maybe tone down the styling a bit... I get that. But they made it way less distinctive and way too cookie cutter. Make them a little faster. Instead they made them a little bigger, heavier and slower.
I understand they are more refined and Honda did what they did to attract a more mature buyer. But hey, I'm "mature" but I still like my car to look fun, distinctive and sporty.
On the other hand, I have some hope that the upcoming Integra will be the one.
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