The new Civic and the Si is getting more and more great reviews and race wins, pretty amazing.

• AJAC Best New Sports Car, it beats the C6 Z06 in handling!
• “Top Safety Pick - Gold” Award from the IIHS
• MotorTrend’s Car of the Year
• 2006 Civic Si Wins Its Class at the 2005 25 Hours of Thunderhill Endurance Race

Also check out the Civic Si Unveiling video from Speed channel.

Right now I might choose the Si over a MINI Cooper S, and that is saying a lot coz I loooove the MCS… I have to test drive the Si to be sure though…

And to the FWD haterz, FWD is fine and a lot of fun if designed right and driven properly… plus, what can you do when you only want to spend 20k on a car, not that many RWD choices, besides maybe the (Miata) MX-5.