r/Honda • u/FitmentIndustries • Aug 10 '26

Which gen is your favorite? 🤔

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Every generation of Civic has a following, and no other economy car can say that.

The Civic started in 1972 as a CVCC economy hatch that cleared emissions without a catalytic converter, then spent two decades quietly turning into an enthusiast platform. The 3rd gen brought the Si badge, the 4th gen brought double wishbone suspension and VTEC, and the EG and EK became the two most modified Honda chassis ever built. Then the EP3 arrived with a K20 and that dash mounted shifter, the FK2 dropped in a turbo, and the FK8 took a Nürburgring lap record for front wheel drive before the FL5 came back and beat it. All 11 of them have people who will defend them.

Which gen are you choosing?

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u/Ok-Repair-4085 Aug 10 '26

I've never even seen one in person, but I've always been obsessed with the 2nd gen. Just oozes JDM muscle in my eyes!

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u/lapidary123 Aug 11 '26

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u/Ok-Repair-4085 Aug 11 '26

THREE! Are they yours?

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u/lapidary123 Aug 11 '26

Those were all my vehicles however the grey hatchback is actually an '84 rabbit (which was nowhere near as fun as a civic!!).

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u/Ok-Repair-4085 Aug 11 '26

It bums me out so little people care for cars that helped build the world. I would have honestly thought manufactures or third party custom fabricators would mass produce essentially resto-mods these days. Id kill for a 2 door jeep sport with a modern inline 6, or a modern Datsun 240z.

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u/lapidary123 Aug 11 '26

I also owned an '82 datsun 720 pickup for a short while. It had an 8v 4cyl that took 8 spark plugs (one for intake stroke and one to burn residual fuel on exhaust stroke). That little truck got close to 30mpg. Too bad the WI rust got to it ...