Honda boss confirms Civic hatch for 2009

[denot]

Are you dissing the EK9 and EP3 Civic Type R's?

sort of... sorry but i'm not a hatchback fan at all... Dont get me wrong... they're good for daily driving and find parking (actually I love them for these reasons), but for a look of a performance car?

My two cents: theres a reason why Ferrari and other performance car maker doesnt make the car in hatchback... (please dont flame me on this )

[aaronng]

My two cents: theres a reason why Ferrari and other performance car maker doesnt make the car in hatchback... (please dont flame me on this )

You might get flamed. Eventhough we love Hondas, we are not that blind to compare it to a Ferrari.

BTW, the reason is that Ferraris are meant to be either MR or FR coupes or 2 seaters, which are made purely for the pleasure of driving.

Hondas are made to be daily driven and be practical (hence you get hatch, wagon, sedan, coupe and SUV shapes).

[denot]

Hondas are made to be daily driven and be practical (hence you get hatch, wagon, sedan, coupe and SUV shapes).

hahahah I know mr aaronng... but like you said... daily driven and practical, not for performance so why make/release "a-better-performance-version-than-the-standard-version" on hatchback instead of the sedan? why they have R32 in hatchback, not sedan?

[SaiHayashi]

hahahah I know mr aaronng... but like you said... daily driven and practical, not for performance so why make/release "a-better-performance-version-than-the-standard-version" on hatchback instead of the sedan? why they have R32 in hatchback, not sedan?

they are at most called sports car, not performance car.

[aaronng]

hahahah I know mr aaronng... but like you said... daily driven and practical, not for performance so why make/release "a-better-performance-version-than-the-standard-version" on hatchback instead of the sedan? why they have R32 in hatchback, not sedan?

They do have "a-better-performance-version-than-the-standard-version" in sedan. It is called the Passat R36. It even comes in wagon if you like a "hot wagon". Furthermore, soccer moms are not left out. There is the Toureg R50.

The reason why there is a Golf GTI/R32 is because the Golf mkI GTI was the iconic hot hatch back in its day. So to make a performance version, they would use the Golf mk V instead to leverage on the Golf GTI mkI's heritage. Also, there is no Golf sedan.

[denot]

They do have "a-better-performance-version-than-the-standard-version" in sedan. It is called the Passat R36. It even comes in wagon if you like a "hot wagon". Furthermore, soccer moms are not left out. There is the Toureg R50.

The reason why there is a Golf GTI/R32 is because the Golf mkI GTI was the iconic hot hatch back in its day. So to make a performance version, they would use the Golf mk V instead to leverage on the Golf GTI mkI's heritage. Also, there is no Golf sedan.

hahahah ic ic... oh well... i think it just becoz I dont like hatches thats why I "foolishly" choose the Civic Sports to GTI 2 years ago

[moons]

hahahah ic ic... oh well... i think it just becoz I dont like hatches thats why I "foolishly" choose the Civic Sports to GTI 2 years ago

Err.. you bought a Civic Sport over a GTI?

[denot]

ya... and main reason is: I dont like how GTI looks

anyway, should we go back to topic? XD

[moons]

ya... And main reason is: I dont like how gti looks

omfg.

[denot]

^^^ omfg2

[moons]

LOL. Sorry mate, I wouldn't buy a cooking model if it looked like an NSX. You haven't put little Red Hs on your car have you?

[aaronng]

LOL. Sorry mate, I wouldn't buy a cooking model if it looked like an NSX. You haven't put little Red Hs on your car have you?

Why not? If there was a cooking model NSX with say 2.4L 140kW, it would still look good, have enough power to move around and handles good. The only thing is that being a cooking model, it would have to be affordable. That is something that the NSX definitely isn't.