Regular Car Reviews Meets Stock Civic EF Hatch

Regular Car Reviews is back at it again, this time with a 1991 Honda Civic hatchback, aka the EF.

It begins with a summation of who, in RCR’s mind, is driving this 25 year old economy car, complete with jokes about cut springs and Honda bro culture. But wait, Mr. Regular beckons, this one is different: it’s 100% stock. That’s right, this U.S. market softy, kicked out a stellar 75  horsepower in stock form, and paired with the four-speed manual transmission, was not the factory hot rod Si model that got joyridden by every second-rate thief in the neighborhood.

As RCR is want to do, there is some amount of fawning over this car, and indeed the era from which it came. Hondas of the period featured clean lines, and simple styling, paired with an indefatigable powertrain. “It’s tagline in the advertisements was “It will get you where you’re going,” that’s it, that’s the whole tag line.” From here, the review goes exactly where you would expect it to, from someone who is educated and makes literary allusions that occasionally get so meta it goes post-meta.

Go ahead trolls of Honda-tech, make a thread about this post in General Discussions and Debates and talk about how terrible this all is, we’re waiting.

via, RegularCars

Jake Stumph

Jake Stumph is a lifelong car enthusiast and racer, and former content editor for Internet Brands Automotive which he joined in 2015. His work has been featured by several other prominent automotive outlets, including Jalopnik and Autobytel.

He obtained a bachelor's degree in Political Science at the Ohio State University in 2013, then pivoted from covering politics and policy to writing about his automotive adventures, something that, he says, is a lot more fun. Since that time, he has established connections with most of the world's major automakers, as well as other key brands in the automotive industry.

He enjoys track days, drifting, and autocross, at least, when his cars are running right, which is uncommon.

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