your forgetting that honda is getting passed up right now in the HP battles
come on 250whp neons.........
Saturn Ion Redlines 200hp
Cavaliers and Sunfires offer SC from parts department.
and the new Chevy Cobalt is suppost to be EcoTec Turbo.
its replacing the Cavi.
WRX
EVO
Golf R32
soon to come out Scion xC celica replacement its going to have a bump in HP and possibly AWD.
atleast Scion will have 1 Respectible Vehicle in there lineup.
Honda has shown that the DC5 is the Tuning platform for then next years to come.
There just waiting in the wind. to let everybody else play there cards and then there GOING TO CLIMB BACK ON TOP.
Honda has Extensive Turbo Technology from japan. they offer many Turbo deisels in there goofy box vehicles.
and the fact that the Dualnote is experimenting with 300hp to the rear wheels and 2 50hp electric motors up front, 1 on each wheel. shows that there up to something.
I dont see there Tuning Car the DC5 coming with electric assist. but i would like to see them do the AWD thing.
There will be a day when
Honda Straps a TURBO on a K series or the Next generation of it.
or certain cars like the S2000 see something along the lines of 3.0 V6's with about 330+hp in type R trim w/8500+redlines, and 2.2's 250-60hp in there base.
and AWD is going to be inevidable. they already have 4wd accords in japan.
there just really wasnt a market in the US till now.
with everybody coming out with AWD luxos, G35, BMW's, Subi, Mitsu, VW, audi, etc...
HONDA WILL CLIMB BACK ON TOP!!!!
hey it might not be the DC5 but it might be a new version of a Prelude late this decade.
with everybody upping the price of there cars from what use to be low 20's is now low 30's and by that time there going to be up in the high 30's
So honda will sell performance cars that are priced in the 30's
oh and another thing the prelude and accord have been avalible in japan with 4WS. they didnt kill it off like in mid 90's with the prelude.
this would be a dream come true.
DC5R K24 TURBO AWD ATTS 4WS 2650lbs
dont fool your self into thinking they dont have the Technology.
hey they might already have a test mule running laps around motegi. or nurburgring.
just my .02