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Originally Posted by GoHuskies
To add further I think the only way to class industry leading performance cars from honda would be for honda to really push the image.
Taking their normal lack of marketing into account until the day people associate "speed and power" with honda we won't see such cars.
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What's kind of interesting, yet befuddling is why American Honda features an AEM modified Si in their catalog for the FG2. It is almost like they are saying, "We won't modify our cars, but you can." I do know that Honda features well at SEMA and with the plethora of things available for all Civics, Honda certainly knows that the demand is there.
I would think that Honda would cash in on some of the things that the aftermarket is raking in. How hard could it be for them to have cat-back exhausts, CAI's and a few things that would neither hurt emissions nor fuel economy. Afterall, we are still comparing a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder low emissions motor against big huffing and puffing turbos, V6's 8's and 10's.
There may be a glimmer of hope in all of this: I have read that the Acura 2.4 liter turbo motor in the RDX may be available in an upcoming Honda model. Now that would be the motor to have in the Si!