For me it's the 1990/91 Civic. The car just looks so RIGHT!



Now that my own 90 Civic is done for I'm even thinking of finding another one as a project car.

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The 1999 is very stylish, but muy favorite civic is the 2005 coupé si. Cool looks and excelent interior too.

 

For SI's I like the 90 - 94 hatchback, the 99 - 00 Si coupe, and the current 4 dr Si (coupe is very ugly). The current Civic is awesome for the SI and EX versions, style wise. The 2001 - 2005 Si was an ugly tragedy. For the HX, I'd prefer the 2001 - 2005 version because it's 5 star crashed rated, has cruise control, and has the highest mpg for a non hybrid Civic. But I have to live with my 99 HX that has no cruise control [major bummer].

 

How can you like the 90 to 94 Hatch, yet dis the EPhatch?! While I expressed my appreciation of the 90/91 hatch in this thread I also think the 2002-2005 EP3 is one of the loveliest wagon/hatchbacks ever produced, stylistically forward yet subtle in its lines. Yes for sure it had perfomance compromises...

I showed you my '90 DX, here's my 2004 SiR..



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There wasn't a North American coupe Si between 2002and 2006 -Unless you're in Canada and referring to what in the States would be the EX. http://cars.about.com/od/sportcoupes...coupe_test.htm It has a 115 HP D16 (I think) motor as opposed to the SiR's (Si in the US) 160 HP K20a3. While the 7th generation Civics were indeed good lookers (I love my 2004 SiR) they were the weakest performers in terms of being able to be boosted, except for the Si hatch.

 

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The EP3 just looks totally ugly front, side, and rear views. And the manual stick in the dashboard totally sucks! I don't think Honda sold many of these because I don't see many on the road. And sometimes, Honda styling sucks... like the current CRV. Some GM cars actually look lots better than a Honda, now if only GM had reliability and fuel economy...

 

I don't like the CRV, and I hate that box-thing, (Element) but everything you mentioned about the EP3 is what I love so muchabout the car, including the rally shifter and especially itsscarcity. I think its a stylistic jewel, different tastes I guess.

Honda is a bit drab in its latest styling ideas compared with what is even coming from Ford. The 2009 FIT is too snubnosed for instance, but the Star Trek cabin in the Civic line is very nice. Only Toyota is more boring among Japanese and Korean players -- Matrix excepted, that and its cousin the Pontiac Vibe are nice cars too. The Toyota Yaris and Nissan Versa are butt-ugly, and THOSE two models have truly-exaggerated takeoffs of the styling cues you don't like in the EPhatch.

 

i would have to go with my em2 (2002) coupe ex and then with the 2000 coupe si.