Originally Posted by DakarM
i'm not going to bother explaining it to you. if you think a civic is performance car then keep on thinking that.
going back to the tC SC it seems like a complete setup designed for reliability.
Cause you can't. It's just your own stupid opinion. Performance car is an arbitrary classification open to any reasonable interpretation. For the Civic Si you could make an arguement either way, they did plenty of things on it they didn't need to do for the average non-enthusiast to buy it. There's a blurry line between a performance and non-performance car.
I'm inclined to go with Rick's interpretation though. A performance/sports car is something the really makes few compromises and is at home being flogged on a track/auto-x course/backroad.