http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/11/kabuki-opera-new-2017-civic-si-sings-to-sport-compact-purists/ No transmission options.
Yeah, that's my complaint about many (most?) new cars. Unfortunately is the current styling trend. Among sports cars, look at what happened to the NSX, Ford GT and Corvette.
Yes it is a trend that hopefully will pass. Some of those designs have grown on me & some haven't. Clean design is hard to find these days.
Take the badges off, and you would never know if it was a Honda, Kia, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, etc. Generic garbage.
have to admit honda makes some fast cars, ever try to beat a civic in SMF ? our top time car last weekend was a stock 2006 civic SI running in HS, he did an 81 second run, the next fastest raw as an 83 second run in a bmw M roadster mine was 88.5 seconds I was 28th overall but I won STX