Honda Factory Performance

Why do we buy the cars we buy? There are hundreds of different reasons; looks, performance, capacity, efficiency, etc. The truth is no one buys a car because it has only one quality they like. The Alfa Romeo 8C, for example, is the most beautiful car I've ever seen. It's supposed to handle like cement truck, stop like a sailboat and taking one to the 'Ring would be only good if you appreciate being passed by everything short of a school bus. But it also has one of the best exhaust notes I've heard from a modern exotic car. So it looks good, and sounds good. Add to that it's Alfa's halo car to jump back into the U.S. market, and now it has history and purpose; 4 reasons.

But what if, instead of a $200,000 exotic, you want a fast, affordable sedan? On paper the 2010 Honda Civic SI Sedan seems like a great choice. But you can't make that kind of decision with a spec sheet, you have to drive the car. Luckily, my friend Matt Farah, host of the entertaining and informative web show The Smoking Tire, had just finished filming his review episode with this car, and was kind enough to lend me the keys. When I climbed behind the wheel it was my job to find out what will make people buy this car. It was a lot harder than you might think...