If you've had your fingers crossed hoping that Honda will bestow us with a new hatchback Civic Si, you can unravel them now.
The confirmation comes from Honda of Canada’s Twitter, where the following tweet was noticed by users on both civic11forum and the civicXI forum:
Well that idea was put to rest quickly.
And no manual trans...very, very disappoint with Honda.
Well, it could canibalize sales of the Type-R hatch! You know, the one that dealers try to charge 50% markup on and then let collect dust on their showroom floors for years...so none get sold. It's simple economics :P
(sarcasm, in case anyone didn't recognize it)
Didn't this happen once before?
Nothing like manufacturers having all the pieces in the parts bin to easily make the configuration that people want, having them all federalized and crash tested and just not opting to do so.
Yeah, I don't get why they don't make it.
secretariata (Forum Supporter) said:And no manual trans...very, very disappoint with Honda.
What? Really? Literally what is point of an Si then.
The Honda Civic has been dead to me for a long, long time.
They just guaranteed I'm not going to give up my 2019 Tonic Yellow Pearl Si coupe.
In reply to Appleseed :
This hatch really had a chance to harken back to the Mazda 626 GT 5 door, with massive amounts of utility and engaging performance had Honda done an Si version. Savagegeese did their initial impressions video this week (without a test drive) and the hatch really seems to work for utility and the interior design and quality is excellent. It appears to be an excellent vehicle, I just wanted a trim level with a 6 speed, limited slip and 230 or more horsepower to cover all the fun bases without a utility penalty.
sjd said:They just guaranteed I'm not going to give up my 2019 Tonic Yellow Pearl Si coupe.
I totally miss ours. If the timing was right, it could still be here with us....
I was really hoping they would offer the Si in a hatchback this generation. I'm not interested in a coupe or sedan. Honda had the chance to easily steal the affordable enthusiast hatchback title; Mazda3 hatchback is no longer competitive and the GTI base price has been creeping up too.
I really like the new gen hatch, and am giving serious thought to selling my 2020 Si sedan to Carmax (as they are offering a tiny bit more than I paid for it plus tax right now), sitting out a year driving the old '06 Civic, and moving into a '22 or '23 hatch in Sport Touring trim later.
I like the Si that I have, but really am missing the ability to have a hitch in it so I can use my bike rack once again (that plugs into the hitch receiver). I read that I can get a ST hatch with the 6MT if I want, or cave to the day to day convenience of an AT (I.e. CVT).
Good to have choices.
oops.
Probably not a huge loss, the "hatchback" in the picture looks like a Crosstour and is Accord sized. Ugh. Sorry Honda, you're off my list for the foreseeable future. I bet Sochiro is spinning in his grave.
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