What's strange is that the front bumper difference is noticeable but only at the upper section vs fender and hood. Rear looks fine? Anyway I just saw one of these in person and didn't notice any issues. So maybe it shows up more on camera where reflections are present, or maybe the variance car...
If you don't need the interior volume/cargo space/seats and don't care about the manual, then I agree the ITS isn't going to jump off the page for you..those items are what makes it special.
I bet the price will increase each year as well. I guess my point is people are free to complain about the price being 4k too high, I don't think this is going to be something people talk about looking back on these cars in 10 yrs. I think both will hold up very well.
All the car reviewers say not to buy the civic for more than MSRP, but good luck getting one for that. It would be nice if the ITS was 48k, but it's not, and people will line up for it at 52k in my opinion.
Besides this I know one was filmed for Jay Leno's garage, and someone from the show said the episode would come out in June. I don't know if that means embargo lifts June 1 or if legacy media production just takes a month and they'll get it out whenever they can , but that was filmed in early...
The paint could be different as they're made in different places and it's possible the mixes were not quite the same. But I suspect it's probably mostly the geometry as that color is very deep and angle dependent. But I agree there are press videos that look completely unrealistic, some of those...
That's up to the dealer individually though. FWIW I heard from at least one dealer that the initial 200 would be MSRP and further allocations, no promises. I also heard that the initial cars would have market adjustment from other dealers. But whatever we were told, when the cars land there's...
I don't think a 4 cyl turbo engine will ever sound great, but this is much better than I was expecting and a lot better than the CTR. I wonder if CTR owners will be trying to get their hands on stock ITS exhausts.
Fair point and I would expect some panels to perhaps not be the greatest alignment given what we've seen. But at least these are cosmetics and can be fixed if you want to. I'm just hoping for mechanically reliable with no major issues.