is it coming to the u.s. or not? i saw on some mag. that it was coming at the of the year, is it true or just gossip?

 

It's not coming in 2004, hopefully 2005, but I personally doubt it and I'd rather see an ITR here again.

 

**** i lost the other article for the 04-R but its floating in this forum somewhere.

http://www.caranddriver.com/ar...ber=1

thats all i could find. if all goes well ill have one by the end of the year

 

i really do hope it comes here. and hope it will be in 2005, thats when i am ending my lease for my ep and will trade it in for that ctr.

 

i seriously doubt it

 

i've already flipped through a 04 si brochure. (im a sales person at a honda dealership) No CTRs comming out and dont look forward to it in 05 if honda decides to continue production.

 

Motor trend is risking some credibility - they claim it's a done deal that the CTR will be here end of this year. They even did a first drive. Maybe it will be a 04 1/2 model.

 

i happened upon a regional manager at the local honda dealership while having my integra serviced and i asked him about it...its my second choice right now. he said it was coming out in 2004 as a 2005 model. the last year for the ep3. also, they did some updates on the 2004 model for the european market. hid lights, a "bolder" grille, revised suspension calibrations, and a few other odds and ends. but, testers complain that it is still too stiff for the english roads but wonderful on the track.

 

They've shaved some weight off the flywheel as well I think, reduced 0-60 by 0.4 seconds. The people who complain here are the idiots who buy them as a family run around and not as a sports car. I see so many drivin by old gits who do 30mph in a 40 all the time... it does my head in..maybe 1 in 5 I see are 'enthusiastically' driven.. some jap dude pulled up next to my old civic once in a modified one and then flawed it, sounded absolutely awesome..