David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/21/17 2:06 p.m.

[Editor's Note: This article originally ran in our December 2017 issue. Some inmformation may be slightly different.]

The end of an era is upon us: The Honda Civic Si no longer features VTEC, as the automaker has replaced its trick variable valve timing technology with turbocharging.…

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t25torx
t25torx Dork
11/21/17 6:06 p.m.

Another one of those "man, when was the last time you saw a clean one of those?"

Takes me back to the Gran Turismo days of my youth.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/21/17 9:57 p.m.

Mine was a clean one. I shouldn't have sold that one. 

Shaun
Shaun HalfDork
11/22/17 11:39 a.m.

Great and accessible automotive engineering-

 

The turbos are still V Attck YO!!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
11/22/17 11:50 a.m.

Sigh. Vintage views, but it's still a generation newer than the Si I drove to work this morning.

Matt B
Matt B UltraDork
11/22/17 12:51 p.m.

Ah the memories... I had a 93 Si when they were still new-ish.  It was my college hoon-mobile and is largely to blame for starting a lifelong habit of separating money from my wallet in search of "faster" (whatever that means at any given time).  I will always miss that one.

red_stapler
red_stapler Dork
11/22/17 12:55 p.m.
Keith Tanner said:

Sigh. Vintage views, but it's still a generation newer than the Si I drove to work this morning.

Wouldn't it be two generations?

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
11/22/17 2:27 p.m.
red_stapler said:
Keith Tanner said:

Sigh. Vintage views, but it's still a generation newer than the Si I drove to work this morning.

Wouldn't it be two generations?

Son of a bitch, you're right. The third and fourth gen cars are apparently the same thing in my mind.

I used to have a 1993 Civic CX hatch. Base Canadian model. No vee-taks, but it was a really good little car. Just nailed the design brief.

504tgriffin
504tgriffin New Reader
6/27/20 8:09 a.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Me too, bc I'd be begging you to take too much money for it.  WTB-ISO blah blah.  the search continues

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