PirelliPZero
Active Member
Actually the NSX was offered with a 4-speed automatic from start to finish (1990 to 2005).
I also don't buy the "It's always been that way" argument. What about that the Civic Si had always been a hatchback - no one cared about that when the Si became coupe-only for the 6th gen. What about the 7th gen when the Civic Si introduced front struts instead of wishbones? Or the 8th gen when it was joined by a sedan body style? Or when the 9th gen went to electric power steering. The Civic Si resembles very little what it was when it was introduced.
Let's not even talk about the new JDM-legendary-nameplate Type-R being a European-made 5-door body; American-made low-revving turbo engine; front strut, rear torsion beam chassis...
So who gets to pick and choose what traditions are okay and what traditions are perfectly fine to drop? I would say only Honda - the company that creates all these products and badges in the first place. If they make an automatic Si, so be it.
I also don't buy the "It's always been that way" argument. What about that the Civic Si had always been a hatchback - no one cared about that when the Si became coupe-only for the 6th gen. What about the 7th gen when the Civic Si introduced front struts instead of wishbones? Or the 8th gen when it was joined by a sedan body style? Or when the 9th gen went to electric power steering. The Civic Si resembles very little what it was when it was introduced.
Let's not even talk about the new JDM-legendary-nameplate Type-R being a European-made 5-door body; American-made low-revving turbo engine; front strut, rear torsion beam chassis...
So who gets to pick and choose what traditions are okay and what traditions are perfectly fine to drop? I would say only Honda - the company that creates all these products and badges in the first place. If they make an automatic Si, so be it.
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