I'm focusing mostly on reliability and power.

The prelude has the best of both. My friend bought his and drove from Colorado to San Diego...And then Back. With an oil change in between.

I would trust the reliability of a prelude with simple I/H/E mods more than a highly modified and hybrid civic or integ. I do a lot of city driving and rely on my car all the time to have no problems. So Prelude is the choice for me.

Also the suspension he bought "Tien Flex" turned the car into the greatest road handler.

But I will have to do some research on a new header for the car.