Car and Driver and even Jay Leno took the car for a drive in December 2024.

Along with the Accord engine updates, this car also wears the Mugen body kit it received in the fall of 1985. Total power is, as you'd expect, twice that of a contemporary Accord: 202 horsepower.

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With all of the hullabaloo surrounding the excellent new Honda Civic Hybrid, you might think that version was the only Civic to compete for our 2025 Car of the Year award. Not true! The entry ...