I own two Civics, and neither is modified. They are great cars, for the use Honda designed them. You're right, a lot of people hate on Civics. I've thought about the reasons why, and here are my conclusions.The cars are very cheap to purchase and modify, which is all the rage today. They are very easy to work on, repair, and original and aftermarket parts are abundant. So teenagers with more desire than brains buy the cars, do stupid modifications (huge wings, big scoops, ridiculously huge, obnoxiously loud exhaust tailpipes, stickers everywhere, crappy paint jobs, on and on...), and then behave and drive obnoxiously, attracting the wrong kind of attention. I hate those idiots, as I would like to modify my Civics, but don't want to be lumped in the same category. So my cars remain stock. And the per liter displacement (specific output) is a good but useless parameter. Honda fans should forget about that, as most people only care about gross output. Specific output only impresses efficiency engineers.