2020 Honda Civic Si debuts with new styling and tech updates.
The only factory option for the new Civic Si are the $200 summer tires.
Arriving in September, the Civic Si will also have a shorter final gear ratio.

Back in the not so distant past, the Civic Si was regarded as the poor man?s Type R. But with the refreshed 2020 Honda Civic Si, I don?t think that?s true anymore. In fact, I think the Si is better than the Type R, and I?ll explain more in a minute. For now, I sincerely think the Si model is the best Civic in the lineup. It?s not because it has a turbocharged four-banger, nor a slick-shifting six-speed manual box. It also doesn?t have to do with the price either (which again, we?ll dig deeper in a bit).
It?s because the new Civic Si pretty much reminds me of Honda?s glory days in the early to late 90s. 2020 Honda Civic Si: The Honda Resurgence
If you?re old enough to remember, Honda was the you know what back then; they still are now, but only after waking up from a 15-year hiatus. All those screaming B16, B18, and F20C motors are permanently engraved in my consciousness. Mind you, I?m not the biggest Honda fan, but I surely appreciate the engineering and reliability of those marvelous high-revving Honda engines.
For me, the last hot Civic is the sixth-generation EK model. After that, everything went tepid. When the tenth-gen Civic arrived in 2016, it wasn?t a coincidence the second-gen Acura NSX was introduced in the same year. Honda is back, and the Civic is be...