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| The 2013 Honda Civic Si Coupe handles well on the track. |
ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG:
We got to know the 2012 Honda Civic Si coupe real well when we rounded up seven performance cars starting under $30,000 last year. From a performance standpoint, the car was on par with the class with a high-revving four-cylinder under the hood and one of the slickest manual transmissions available. It handled the infield road course at Michigan International Speedway well and the extra torque available from the 2.4-liter versus the previous 2.0-liter engine was appreciated when shooting out of corners.
We got to know the 2012 Honda Civic Si coupe real well when we rounded up seven performance cars starting under $30,000 last year. From a performance standpoint, the car was on par with the class with a high-revving four-cylinder under the hood and one of the slickest manual transmissions available. It handled the infield road course at Michigan International Speedway well and the extra torque available from the 2.4-liter versus the previous 2.0-liter engine was appreciated when shooting out of corners.
However, like all of the 2012 Civics,
the Si coupe wasn’t immune to Honda’s cost-cutting efforts. The exterior
was bland and didn’t do much to set the performance-oriented Si apart
from the normal Civics, and the interior was littered with hard plastic
panels. Unlike previous Si models, the seats were covered with slippery
cloth instead of the Alcantara-like material.
