Originally Posted by DakarM
going back to the tC SC it seems like a complete setup designed for reliability.
It IS.
But to the general audience that tends to think a xA/xB has the remote possibility of being "sporty," the setup works.
There are Civic DX drivers convinced that their car can kill anything, and there are more tC drivers who think their 3000lbs 160HP hatch and eat a corvette alive. Now with 200HP, there is no stopping them!
I am happily not one of them.