Honda’s latest Civic sedan and coupe are doing hard work undoing the damage done by its preceding two generations, which were uncharacteristically mediocre products. We really like the new Civic, particularly its optional 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, but that hasn’t stopped us from looking ahead to the upcoming Si and Type R variants. With the regular Civic so improved, let’s just say hopes are high for the sportier models. And now we have our first info about the new Si, thanks to a tip on the CivicX.com forums.
The Si information published on CivicX.com reportedly comes from Honda fanatic savant “HondaPro Jason.” According to HondaPro Jason, the newest Civic Si models will go on sale later next year or in early 2017?they’ll be marketed as 2017 models?and will sport a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 220 to 230 horsepower. We’ll give Si fans a moment to pour one out to mark the end of the naturally aspirated screamer four-cylinder Honda engine. This turbo unit is said to be a detuned version of the next-generation Type R engine, although it’s just as likely that the next Type R will sport an uprated Si engine. However you want to look at the relationship, it sounds as though the Si and Type R will use at least somewhat-related 2.0-liter engines.

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