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Plus the SE ditches the standard halogen headlights in favor of LEDs and swaps the stock 6.5-inch infotainment screen for an 8.0-inch system. Also bigger brakes from the Golf R, as well as a sunroof and blind-spot monitoring. That $4055 differential pays for, well, the differential for starters, an electronically controlled limited-slip unit. Our test car was the one-rung-higher SE with a $31,320 starting price. The four-door hatchback GTI is more expensive, with the base S trim starting at $27,265. An extra 3.8 psi of boost produces 205 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque-gains of 31 and 25, respectively.
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Regardless of door count, every Si comes with a six-speed manual gearbox mated to a tweaked version of the standard Civic’s turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder. Tires aside, Honda doesn’t offer any choices with the Si after you pick your color, although you could get a coupe. This includes its optional Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 summer tires, a $200 upcharge that’s a relative steal-it’s about what it would cost to have a single replacement shipped to you. The 2017 Si sedan we drove stickered for just $24,990 all in, which is a mere 71 percent of the average cost of a new vehicle. Of course you will also recognize these two from their appearances on our most recent 10Best Cars list, a reward both cars earned, in part, for their high ratio of performance per dollar. We drove this pair of machines through the mountains of Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest, ignoring their dissimilarity in body style to focus on their shared enthusiast-friendly mission. Cue this story’s battlebots, the Honda Civic Si and the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Indeed, the best cars act as extensions of our own bodies, and in what is still thankfully a predominantly Level 0 world, you don’t need $6 million to own one.