I find, at least where I live, that Civic's and Integras are the most modded cars around. Maybe this is because you can drop a ITR motor into almost any of them, swap parts from on to the next, and mods are extremely plentiful and range in price from very cheap to very expensive. I almost never see a Sentra or Corolla that is modded, and if I do it is usually ricey.
Most people around here love to talk how their Maxima, or Mustang, or Camaro, or Supra can beet a Civic. That's like saying I can beet a retarded kid in a footrace. But when it comes to cars that really compete against them, TL/CL Type-S, S2000, ITR they always back down. It is almost as if a Civic is the benchmark for speed.
Let them hate. It is only because of their jealousy of a better product with a far greater following. Honda is always tops in the field and those numbers can't be argued about. So what do they do next...nitpick about everything Honda does.