notthatlargo
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- First Name
- Matt
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- Nov 9, 2021
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- Ontario, Canada
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- 2023 Type R
All good points. Honestly the whole vibe from this generation Civic seems to be a) clean up the design and make it more "mature", as a reaction to the critical feedback from many people to the last generation and move the car upmarket in perception (and to some degree, price, especially here in Canada on the hatchbacks), and b) minimize new development costs by carrying forward as much as possible from a technical and platform perspective. The big investments are now in EVs and hybrids, so the team working on the "sporty" stuff at Honda were probably lucky to get the budget they did to develop this car. This car, along with the 911 GT3, Blackwing, Z, etc... seem to be in this family of "last manual/traditional cars", so it's quite a moment to be a car fan. I just wish they would release details already (I know, I'm preaching to the choir here...)I don’t remember which it was, but a new generation was actually slower than the previous gen as well. There was a top gear episode where they tested it, can’t remember which one.
I think that there was never a chance of getting anything too new this year, but it is still a great setup. Some more rigidity and refinement will be nice, as well as a seemingly massively improved interior if the base civics are anything to go off. I wouldn’t want the weight from an AWD system, but I think when it becomes electrified it will be a wicked setup.
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