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Originally Posted by Corpsman
Further development of the Type R unit means more useable torque, as the switch to high-lift, long duration valve timing (the cam change) now takes place at a lower 5,200rpm, and continues all the way to 8,000rpm. So that screaming, high rpm VTEC range is broader and more accessible.
Sounds like our civic with a Hondata reflash
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Except they don't need a reflash....
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To mark the entry to this ‘power band’ a new i-VTEC indicator just to the right of the digital speedometer is illuminated once the revs rise above 5,200rpm.
Kindy ricey but kinda cool too
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The same could be said about our shift light...
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Judging by the safety feture upgrades the 'GT' version gets, and the lack of any appreciable difference in performance (can't judge handling), it sounds like this car isn't really any better than a US Si.
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I think you (and a whole lot of people) confuse Honda's definition of performance (that which moves quicker around a course) with your own apparent definition of performance (that which moves quicker in a straight line). Honda performance has always been proven and will always be proved on the course, not at the strip.
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this car will never come to the US because car companies are deathly afraid of the H word. That is why Nissan is replacing the Sentra with a POS car instead of importing the Renault Clio and Clio Sport as the SE-R model. Idiotic IMHO.
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You mean like this one?
Car companies are deathly afraid of the C word:
Cost...
And you're basing your alluded "opinion" of the new SE-R's performance on what.....looks? Did the Evo/STi bashers not learn their lesson when doing that?