Quotes:

"It feels fast, sounds fast and... erm... isn't that fast".

"The figures verify the story. The Civic is well behind both turbos in the 0-100kph VBOX run, even though it launches cleanly enough. In the 80-120kph in gear rolling test it's absolutely hammered. It's at its most competitive over 400m, closing in as that shrieking top end comes into play."

They do love the handling so it is not all bad. And it still wins the test. The focus of my thread is Hondas quoted 6.6.