Civic hatchback or GTI

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OP has non Si or R model...
Yeah, sorry, misread your post. ("non R or Si Civic")

I did 4 years ago pick the Sport hatch over a GTI but that was primarily due to the difference in usable trunk space (with seats up).
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the Honda definitely gets significantly better gas mileage. But the GTI is faster, the transmission is way waaaayyy better, and both the engine and trans have a solid history of enduring a lot of power with tuning and mods. Our GTI is 10yrs old this year, 90k miles. Only major issue was a water pump leak around 60k miles.

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I like the clean look of the GTI over the Civic but I'm leaning towards a Civic Sport w/ MT simply due to cost and reliability. I hear of some crazy deals that can be had on outgoing GTIs but not where I live.
 


 


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