 What is it you guys? Welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel. I'm Gulf County and today we are in the new 2020 Honda Civic SI courtesy of Apple Honda in York PA. They're getting a new building very soon here. It's starting to look absolutely spectacular and if you keep hearing that squeaky sound it's a little bit wet out today. Got a clutch pedal here so that's what that is but anyways wanted to hop in the Civic SI today because there have been plenty of changes actually for the 2020 SI and quite honestly in my opinion this car is an instant classic. If you try to find a Civic SI and auto trader right now they are still selling for excellent prices especially that 96 to 2001 range they are selling for crazy amounts of money right now. Instant classics like I said the Civic SI is just a great fun car to drive overall and it's still less expensive than cars like the Golf GTI and the Subaru WRX. So it's got a great price point as well so what do you say let's go ahead and jump right into it and let's start with pricing. So essentially for the 2020 Civic SI you will have a coupe version and a sedan version however both versions are going to start at the same price coming in at an even $25,000 but regardless of setup that you go with the power plant on the 2020 SI will be the same. Powering this beast is going to be a 1.5 liter turbocharged inline four cylinder engine putting out 205 horsepower at 5700 rpm, 192 pound-feet of torque available from the power band of 2100 to 5000 rpm, power of course being sent to the front wheels through a six-speed manual transmission and by the way there is a little bit of revised transmission gearing for 2020 Honda claims which they say will actually improve acceleration which you guys know we will be testing out a little bit here but all in all when it comes to the zero to 60 time it's going to come in at approximately 6.3 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 26 in the city 36 on the highway for a fun car that is excellent you guys and by the way regular unleaded fuel is required however premium unleaded fuel is recommended. Let's hope that before we get into any kind of accelerations here at first I want to mention there are some driving modes of course you have normal that's what the Civic SI defaults to but there is a sport button directly behind the shifter there and if you press that it is going to adjust the throttle sensitivity I can definitely feel at the start in addition to that it did illuminate all of my gauges here in a bright red hue so that is yet another thing it's going to adjust also though it will adjust the adaptive damping system and I'll get a little more into that when I touch on suspension but that is a big one for the SI actually but nonetheless I think we have a straightaway here let's go ahead and do a quick little acceleration and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2020 Civic SI here up to speed here we go oh yeah good pull good pull wow kind of reminds me of a RSX Type S back in the day this thing is fun man this is definitely a quite a bit of pull a little bit of slipping but then again I told you guys it is wet out it actually snowed last night here in Pennsylvania so roads are definitely wet it was a little bit slippery there but once I got into second gear this thing was gripping hard in an instant acceleration so quite fun there so other thing I wanted to mention since we do have a six-speed and by the way you guys probably know the Civic SI only comes in a six-speed manual transmission for this car though that is a good thing because the six-speed manual transmissions and just about all Hondas are absolutely amazing they are very nice clutch feel very easy to find the grab points in this thing so it is overall a very fun car to drive and definitely a very nice car to learn how to drive manual on as well if this is going to be your first manual so definitely don't worry about that if there's any manual you want to learn how to drive on quite honestly in my opinion at least it would be a Honda manual because I actually learned how to drive manual on a Honda S2000 so definitely an easy car to learn how to drive manual on but nonetheless now that we have touched on acceleration a little bit braking is equally important and so up front you will find 12.3 ventilated front discs in the back 11.1 inch solid rear discs as far as the braking feel goes it has been perfectly fine for me even in wet conditions today so certainly no issues there touching on suspension and handling a little bit this perhaps is my favorite part about the Civic SI quite honestly up front you're gonna get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back a multi-link rear suspension with front and rear stabilizer bars and like I was mentioning to you guys that adaptive damping system and so what that adaptive damping system actually is it gives you the best of both worlds really it actually monitors the road conditions and your driving style not only tightening up the suspension around heavy cornering but also making the ride a little bit smoother because it's going to monitor the road conditions so if it senses a little bumpy or over road it will soak up some of those bumps giving you a little smoother ride as well as like I said best of both worlds and that is why I love adaptive damping systems on any manufacturer any car out there it's always for the best but overall as far as ride quality I would say it is quite comfortable actually especially for the car that this actually is I will say it just got done reviewing the new 2020 Toyota GR Supra this definitely has a better ride quality than that I will say that so definitely soaking up Pennsylvania's road imperfections quite nicely steering feel is great certainly as expected for a car like the Civic SI certainly not too loose of a steering feel it's not the heaviest in the world but I would say it's just right actually cabin noise is fine as well I've never had any issues in any of my previous Civics I've owned like four or five Civics in my lifetime actually so it is quite quiet and I used to drive a ton ton of miles in my Civic so they lasted forever like 230,000 miles before I would trade them in and lastly touching on visibility this is a sedan although I'm sure the coupe would be just as good but I could see perfectly fine out the back certainly no issues there and I did want to also mention when it comes to visibility when you turn on your right turn signal it is also going to give you a camera on the infotainment screen kind of letting you know what is to the right of you as well so even better visibility when you're making a right turn so I always like that little feature that Honda does so well done Honda for that but that is about it for the performance segment of this review let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2020 Honda Civic SI alright you guys here she is the 2020 Honda Civic SI and like I said at the beginning of the video there actually are some pretty substantial changes for the 2020 model year so let's go ahead and start up front here up front you're gonna find a revised front bumper for 2020 also standard LED headlights that is a new feature actually for the 2020 Civic SI that they are standard so standard LED headlights also LED daytime running lights and of course they will also come with the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark out at night they will turn on automatically for you so you never have to worry about that also in typical SI fashion that SI badging found in that front grille and got some large circular fog lights towards the bottom as well and you guys can probably see that center-mounted intercooler right in front of the bumper there as well since this is a turbocharged engine so it's kind of cool being able to see that too but let's go ahead now and make our way to the side you will find dark chrome window surrounds least on the top portion the bottom portion is actually going to be that matte black finish but now go ahead and take a look at the side mirrors they are actually heated body colored power adjustable side mirrors that is the standard setup that is new integrated turn signals unfortunately but it is what it is taking a look at the wheel setup also a new design for 2020 new matte black 18 inch alloy wheels double five spoke design with all-season tires which quite frankly I am thankful for today seeing as it's about 38 degrees out and kind of rainy so all-season tires are definitely where it's at for the day at least but let's go ahead and make our way to the back shark fin antenna up top in typical Honda fashion you will find a body colored rear spoiler it definitely looks good back there and that of course is going to come standard on all civic size whether it be the coupe or the sedan when it comes to the tail lights there is that C-shaped design they are LED actually as well certainly look right at home back there just to the side of them SI badging of course and here's the best part you guys center-mounted exhaust setup with a chrome finish so I think you guys all know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip it's open now since we all round back when it comes to opening that rear trunk there actually is a button on the key file that is probably the way I would choose to do it there's actually also a button on the driver's side door as well just in front of the cup holder there but either way you can get the trunk open once opened up cargo capacity is going to come in at 14.7 cubic feet if that was not enough space for you of course you will find a 6040 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space there if you needed it and of course you got your standard cargo area light back there as well then make our way up to the rear leg room rear leg room is actually going to differ of course based on the sedan versus the coupe version coupe is going to give you 35.9 inches so it's actually a decent amount for a two plus two-seater but the sedan is going to come in at 37.4 inches so for reference I'm an even six feet tall this is how much space I had back there so definitely plenty of space for me 37.4 inches you shouldn't have any issues but rear center armrest with cup holders for those rear passengers as well and if anybody was curious if there is rear ventilation there is not quite honestly it is kind of a smaller car it is a compact car so you really don't need it so anyways make your way up to the front seats manually adjustable front seats will come standard they are SI specific seats with badging that SI badging is found in the top portion of the seating there as far as the bolstering goes they are bolstered excellent I love how Honda does this with their fun cars like the Civic Type R especially. Civic Type R probably has the best bolstered seats of any other car out there from the factory right now Civic SI is pretty close it's definitely have some very nice bolstered seats I love the red accents to tie in with the red SI badging of course as well so seat comfort is quite on point on the Civic SI so certainly no issues for me I was also surprised there are heated seats that come standard on the Civic SI as well and those buttons are located just in front of the shifter so I had them on for a little bit seeing as it's 36 degrees out right now so that was definitely nice taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is leather wrapped with red stitching across the board so quite a nice steering wheel set up to the SI wouldn't have minded a little thicker grips but that's just my own personal preference now let's go ahead and take a look at the key here let's get to the startup let me first start by showing you guys the key it is Honda logo on the one side when you flip it over lock unlock and again that button to pop the rear hatch of course it is all keyless entry so all I'm going to do is simply leave the key in my pocket put my foot on the brake and clutch there is a bright red push button start perhaps paying homage to that old Honda S2000 that kind of originated the whole push button start thing really for all manufacturers out there so all I'm going to do is simply put my front of the brake clutch and press that engine start button there it's up and then once started up it is all a full digital display basically you got your engine temp on the left your fuel information on your right the digital display can be found front and center really giving you just about everything a large digital speedometer tachometer of course is kind of the front and center set up there and there are steering wheel mounting controls on the left side there if you press the info button you can scroll through a ton of different things like for instance boost pressure that's pretty cool also g4 statistics there's looks like a lap timer fuel information when you need your next oil change bluetooth information there's honestly a ton of different things you could check out up there so that's definitely nice as well and of course it's going to tell you're outside temperatures or beige or bay time of the day you know all the basic stuff along with that but let's go ahead now and make our way to overall interior quality here first thing I noticed when I got into the Civic SI is the aluminum foot pedals always love seeing aluminum foot pedals and fun cars power moonroof also going to come standard on the coupe and sedan so that is definitely a plus as well dual zoom climate control also coming standard and overall I do like the way it's laid out it's pretty basic pretty direct and to the point you have some silver trim accenting above the passenger side glove box that ties on to the doors some red trim kind of above the infotainment screen it ties together just above the side air vent here on the driver's side so it all looks pretty good to be honest one of the cool things though that Honda always does is the the setup for your phone for Android Auto Apple CarPlay I'll get to that in a little bit but when you plug your USB cable into the Civic SI it actually has a separate cubby area just beneath all of it where you can kind of store all the wires so they're out of sight out of mind so if you're kind of one of those OCD people that don't like wires cluttering up everything like myself that is definitely a plus so I love that Honda does that they did that in quite a few of their cars actually but just behind that you have your electronic parking brake you have a couple cup holders as well along with an armrest which is that a perfect level for shifting through the six-speed manual so that's definitely a plus as well sometimes you don't have an armrest with six-speed manual so I do want to mention that and you have a little cubby area and of course a little storage area just underneath of that armrest as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the tech display here whether it be the coupe or the sedan setup you will find a seven-inch high-resolution color touchscreen display front and center will come standard with bluetooth and audio streaming as well as android auto and apple carplay like I was mentioning therefore if you have a smartphone simply hook it up via usb cable to the civic si and you have free navigation found up on that display screen as well as the ability to like and dislike your Pandora songs there's a couple other compatible apps you can check out up there as well and to go along with that as expected you can check out your radio settings up on this screen and by the way Honda usually does this very well with their fun cars when it comes to the sound system you will find a 10 speaker sound system with a subwoofer and 450 watts and that is well above average for the class so let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one bass is actually pretty ridiculous it's actually very nice bass set but you can tell there's a subwoofer in the si clarity is just fine plenty of loudness with 450 watts with the size of the civic si it's really almost over Kelly have plenty of loudness there so definitely a very nice sound system for the civic si from being quite honest there but lastly I wanted to mention on that tech display is when you put the civic si in reverse and by the way to put the civic si in reverse all you're going to want to do is slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the right when you do that you will find a rear view camera with dynamic grid lines letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so my first one to mention here there is some new safety for the 2020 civic si of course front side side curtain airbags you have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats if you need them in the back seats rear child door locks are obviously going to come with the stand not the coop because of course there's no rear doors in the coop obviously tire pressure monitoring system comes standard but some of the new standard safety comes with Honda sensing at least when it comes to the si so Honda sensing for this one is going to include collision mitigation braking system road departure mitigation system adaptive cruise control lane keep assist for collision warning lane departure warning automatic hind beams and Honda lane watch and so but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media the bottom of the screen there if you like if you want to support the channel this is a merch just below the video here also be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews that is what we do here on this 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