10thG
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Honda be playing games with us I think!
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Why do you say "old euro backend"? Are you suggesting that the folks at Honda are just having fun putting old cars together with tape? That's the new backend or it wouldn't be out testing.Im not too shocked the ILX body fits on the new platform, the ILX is just marginally larger than the civic, and it's longer hood is similar to the new civic. I'm surprised the old euro hatch backend fit on given that it rides on a larger version of the fit platform, but who knows how much frankenstein taping is under all that camo.
Reminds me of when Toyota and Subaru hacked this frankenstein together when first testing the FR-S/BRZ platform.Honda be playing games with us I think!
I read somewhere that the ILX is based on the 9th Gen Euro Civic underpinnings.Im not too shocked the ILX body fits on the new platform, the ILX is just marginally larger than the civic, and it's longer hood is similar to the new civic. I'm surprised the old euro hatch backend fit on given that it rides on a larger version of the fit platform, but who knows how much frankenstein taping is under all that camo.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not. But that's the previous back end of euro hatch, just look at the taillights. That's definitely not the new back end of the 2016.Why do you say "old euro backend"? Are you suggesting that the folks at Honda are just having fun putting old cars together with tape? That's the new backend or it wouldn't be out testing.
Wonder why does Honda bother grafting two different bodies together? Why not just use really heavy camo? What platform/chassis are they testing anyway? Won't all the Civic models share the same exact platform? If so, don't they only need to test the actual body..I'm not sure if you're joking or not. But that's the previous back end of euro hatch, just look at the taillights. That's definitely not the new back end of the 2016.
They could be testing different powertrain or suspension. Even though the platform/chassis will be shared, that doesn't mean the Si will have the same springs/shocks as the base model, or even that the Euro Civic will have the same as the U.S. Civic.Wonder why does Honda bother grafting two different bodies together? Why not just use really heavy camo? What platform/chassis are they testing anyway? Won't all the Civic models share the same exact platform? If so, don't they only need to test the actual body..
They could be testing different powertrain or suspension. Even though the platform/chassis will be shared, that doesn't mean the Si will have the same springs/shocks as the base model, or even that the Euro Civic will have the same as the U.S. Civic.
Reminds me of when Toyota and Subaru hacked this frankenstein together when first testing the FR-S/BRZ platform.