[Zagato_Olaf]

Hello members.,

Honda's underpowered?
Take the Integra type R. I own one from 1999 since it was new and I drive it as my everyday car. 195 HP from a 1800 CC engine, 235 kilometers topspeed, 8400 RPM max without a turbo or a compressor (it will and does rev up to 9000 rpm before the rev limit kicks in). Name me more engines in large scale production that will do that kind of thing.

What about roadholding?
Road holding of Honda's (in Europe) is good which is the thing to have in here. Just like one of the contributers said, horsepower isn't everything. If it doesn't go around corners you can have all the horsepower you want but won't get anywhere. Look at Porsche and their philosophy towards power and roadholding. Do they have cars with the most horsepower in their segment? Look at the test 'Topgear' did. The Porsche 911 won although it had the least hp of the three cars tested. Same with Honda.

And if we are talking reliability:
Up to now I have driven 255.000 kilometers (160.000 miles) in my Integra Type R and the only major repairs were two windscreens because of stones of the road, a new clutch at 180.000 kilometers, a new set of dampers and of course new cambelts every 100.000 kilometers. No work on the engine, the gearbox, the limited slip differential or the suspension. And the exhaust is still the original one. Let's hear what you have to say.

Ciao, Olaf