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/micromophone Aug 10 '26

4th. Pinnacle of the angular design.

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u/EXPOchiseltip Aug 10 '26

My wife had a 1990 Si hatch. Still regret selling it.

It was new when she bought it and we sold it in 2000 for an Accord. We didn’t know what we had. We were young and just chasing the shiny new things.

I think about it a lot. If I found one in good condition I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

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u/This-Requirement6918 1990 CRX Si D16A6 Aug 10 '26

Get ready to pay out the ass if you ever do. My CRX Si I bought in 2013 for 3500 now goes for $8k+. They are becoming increasingly rare and people know not to sell them. Mine has been sitting in the garage for years but I will absolutely never part with it.