The problems with CVT in luxury cars is people. Not CVTs.
They are incredibly smooth with 0 shift feeling. The problem is people complained about that and RPM’s not changing till the desired speed was reached. So companies had to add fake shifts which hurts performance, smoothness and MPG.
Now...
Whats sad is that even with how many coupes have left the market, those people are not really moving to the coupes left. Some are. But with the Altima, Civic, Accord coupes and the Focus, and Golf 2 doors gone those buyers are going to the Miata, 86/BRZ or Mustang EcoBoost. But more of them are...
Also, its interesting the hood doesn't ever meet the front bumper. I just noticed that new Hondas do that, probably what makes them LOOK bigger than they are in person.
Doesn't look as big vs the DC2 as I expected.
Also if they had put the reverse light on the back center most of the taillight instead of the line in top of the tail light it would look a lot more like a Teggy back end. That said the back end is the MOST classic Integra like.
I mean ones a German car rebadges as Japanese, the others misleading marketing, and the 3rd is still an extension of the FM platform which is almost old enough to legally drink, with an unchanged 5+yr old engine.
All are really sad, even the "best" one is already old AF with just new body panels.
The closets cars to the 90's are the Carolla and the GT86, and neither of those are really knows as comfortable or really "great" as a daily car. Its more that they "do what they set out to do" and that's about it.
People are forgetting that the cars they remember came out when Japan has a...
Personally. I still find the whole 10th gen, coupes aside, REALLY ugly. Coupes are... a bit much in the fake vent territory but they work a LITTLE better to me. I Really like the 11th gen though. It fees more like its grown up, but not to grown up to not have SOME fun.
I had an Altima at the time and was HEAVILY looking at the NISMO to replace it due to how solid the Altima had been for me and how great the local service dept was.