Honda Civic Si Sedan (North America)

"sny" <shiv_46200.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Any news about launching the new Honda Civic Si Sedan in Fall
> 2006??.... updates anybody!
>
I should availability will be a problem just like it is for the 2 dr SI.
Seen a couple at the local dealer in the last 6 months what were all taken
well before they got here. Recall being told last Jan if I wanted one, I
would have to put a $1,000 down as deposit for possible delivery in July.
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> i second that. in a time when all the "hot" cars offer paddle-shifting on
> the steering wheel, it's just nuts not to offer the same feature on the
> si. and guess what, the controls necessary to implement paddle-shifting
> means these cars drive in automatic mode as well! yet another example of
> the honda marketing team missing the mark.


Come on now, we all know 4 cylinder motoring works best with a manual!
Especially with the AC on. That's what hooked me on Honda, smooth I4 mated
to nice shifting gearbox. I personally hope they don't 'dilute' the Si any
more with an auto trans. The coupe is still selling like hotcakes with +$
market adjustments and I bet every manual sedan gets sold without much
negotiation from the dealer.
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MAT wrote:
>>i second that. in a time when all the "hot" cars offer paddle-shifting on
>>the steering wheel, it's just nuts not to offer the same feature on the
>>si. and guess what, the controls necessary to implement paddle-shifting
>>means these cars drive in automatic mode as well! yet another example of
>>the honda marketing team missing the mark.
>
>
>
> Come on now, we all know 4 cylinder motoring works best with a manual!
> Especially with the AC on. That's what hooked me on Honda, smooth I4 mated
> to nice shifting gearbox. I personally hope they don't 'dilute' the Si any
> more with an auto trans.

you need to try a modern automatic. the electronic control algorithm on
the modern civics is actually pretty sweet. mechanically efficient too.
all they need is the paddle shift and a couple of extra ratios to
progress from "sweet" to "hot". every f1 car, for the last decade+ has
had this kind of "diluted" transmission. porsche & ferrari offer them
as standard. [i think everyone has heard of porsche's "tiptronic" trade
name - and i can tell you they're /awesome/ to drive.] it's time for
honda to catch up.

> The coupe is still selling like hotcakes with +$
> market adjustments and I bet every manual sedan gets sold without much
> negotiation from the dealer.
>
>
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Nobody wrote:

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> I liked it the first time I saw it...when it was called a TSX

Wow, TSX has an LSD too?
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