yeah I thought the consumption was a bit dissapointing.. but it's still very frugal.. when you drive the car you'll see that there really is no compromise in the drive of the car itself now versus fuel ecconomy.. sure it's slightly less efficient, but it has much more power.

With the wing-mirror indicaters and LED tails, It'd be a pretty safe bet that these will appear at the mid-life make-over..

yeah no paddles on the VTi - but I actually think it's better to differentiate the VTi-S from the VTi with more actual features rather than purely cosmetic differences that the previous generation had.. the CRUISE CONTROL is std on VTi-S.. is NOT AN OPTION on other models however i am going to look into a 'spare-parts' upgrade rather than an accessory upgrade.. but will have to wait till we have the pricelist on spare parts etc. and to see if it needs more than the 'buttons' on the wheel.. the old school cruise controls needed a special module to operate, however I assume the newer ones are purely electronic.. i'll keep you posted..

yeah the steering is great !! the whole feel of the chassis etc is brilliant.. HUGE improvement over the old model..

if you get the 1.5L i dont think it'd take much to get it to perform.. like I said all the power gains are over 4,000RPM and you can really feel it when you drive it.. where the old model L15A used to flatten out at about 4200RPM, this one is just getting going.. plus the engine note is more aggressive than the old model too hahaha.. even the 1.3L now feels as good as the old 1.5L VTEC engine.. but with more top-end hahaha.

when I say 'more car' I mean that it doesnt feel like a small-car class vehicle and the driver feedback rivals the civic.. infact it not only LOOKS like a mini FN2, it feels more like one.. yes you do get more features but it's hard to describe, you just feel like it's MORE of a car...