“Performance” trucks are among the silliest examples of ‘Murican stupidity badges that people proudly pin on themselves (at great expense - financial as well as reputational):

The part of me that doesn’t want to admit this is entirely vapor, thinks that this design repurposed as an electric car could be excellent. I hope it happens.

To be fair, this is a tough one.

My hate of expensive, inefficient, heavy, un-fun giant behemoths comes from a different ‘bed criticism’:

I voted NP due to the rarity, condition, and genuinely being a cool, unique, yet still-a-Honda car.

Is this a serious question?

Jeebus! It’s the only one left that’s not already in a junkyard, and this one has 3x the horsepower that the malaise-era transmission can handle.

Saw the pic, skipped to here:

So what’s your point?

Actually - that is the most refreshing, PERFECT response!

Don’t get me started-

My lowly Civic Hatch Sport has 180hp.

Let’s compare:

As a 30+ year audio industry veteran and a car enthusiast for just as long, I have to raise the point that you not only can have both, but it’s most often the best place for it.

Hold up -

I wish I had your optimism - my fingers wouldn’t have been able to type “maybe”

It’s a Tempo. A crap 80s car. We used to make fun of them.

This is one of the better looking Maseratis that doesn’t announce [party air horn] “douchebag in bedazzled jeans and MMA t shirt arriving!”, but that hardly matters, does it? The badge alone carries that stigma by now - for the sake of my social relationships, I can’t cast more than a cursory glance at this, as I’d…

Funny you mention the CVT. I’ve hated every rental Altima when in client’s cities over the years, and passed on the Impreza sport when car shopping. But the Civic Sport (specifically) seduced me so much that I even bought my ‘17 when the lease came due. Part of that is the CVT that does NOT do any fakery - it’s like…

I’m a Honda fan. I have a 2017 Civic sport hatchback and a 1995 Civic EX (my first new car I ever bought - supercharged and properly suspended). This happens to be my personal favorite, this TL. I should be drooling, not cringing.