Hi Jason and Lars-ss:

___Ahhh, one of our own (I wish I could mention his name but he asked me not too) is an online journalist and will be going to the Chicago Auto show - Media days event(s) prior to the to the public show opening. The upcoming 06 Civic will be scrutinized to the best of his abilities, I am quite sure. Expect pics and a detailed writeup unless he is restrained from doing so under an NDA of some kind.

___From what I can gather, it appears that the next gen Civic ICE for both the hybrid and non-hybrid alike will be based off an i-VTEC design like the 7th gen Accord. About all I can add is that this motor is smoother and has the potential for much higher FE and higher HP then the current i-DSI in the HCH’s. There is some talk of a Stratified Charge - Direct Injection ICE which uses almost Diesel like compression (12:1 using a Fuel-air mix of 65:1 or thereabouts) except with a spark plug and runs on gasoline. This tech is still way out there. The top of the line, Si boy racer might even come with a scorching 200 HP 2.0 L DOHC VTEC. What I am really interested in is the SC-DI myself. These are just rumors I have heard from the ICE guru’s over at TVTEC but there is always one or two nuggets of truth in those young men’s bantering … We shall see soon enough.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net