New Honda Civic SIR?

[JEM29]

Hi! Tanong ko lang kung kelan ulit maglalabas ang Honda ng SIR sa Pilipinas? I have a SIR 99 Passion Orange all stock sa Pilipinas at kung bibili lang ako ng bagong sasakyan gusto ko SIR ulit. Anybody knows when?

[niky]

If you wanted something like the SiR, you missed your chance... Honda isn't selling the Civic 2.0S MT anymore. That car was faaaast.

The current 1.8 doesn't quite have the high rpm fireworks of the SiR, but it's decently quick.

[jeDi13]

There might be no more brand new SiRs to be sold by Honda in the future, but I bet there will be new and different Civic variants to replace them.

[voltscastillo]

yung 2nd generation SiR para sa akin ay yung ES na 2.0 eh... hehehe

[niky]

yung 2nd generation SiR para sa akin ay yung ES na 2.0 eh... hehehe

It was too slow, and the suspension really wasn't sporty so much as wallowy. The FD 2.0 is better, but again, the MT version only came out for a year, here.

[Type 100]

Don't count on it.

Honda is following Toyota's lead - in the wake of the recession, it's decided to cut down on sports cars and focus its energies instead on efficient cars and hybrids.

Evidence of this is the following.
- No replacement for the S2000 after its 9-year production run.
- The cancellation of the V10-powered NSX successor at the last minute - again due to the recession
- The only "sports cars" in its website are the FD2 Civic Type R and the FN2 Civic Type R EURO, and even if they were sold here I doubt there'll be many takers as they're expensive

It'll be a while before Honda turns sporty again.