man this thread really got sour quick
I for one love the performance of the CTR, love that it is aggressive and track focused. I respect their engineering in making a FWD car handle and go stupid fast - the 'Ring times prove it. It has 300hp, a turbo, and a manual....and can take home the Ikea shopping trip. I even like that it is aggressively styled [though not really to my taste, but that is because Japanese design is not for me]. What I dont like is that they went all aggressive and fake at the same time - fake intake vents, fake exhaust vents, fake carbon, etc. If you are going all out, go all out. Those fake vents look just as silly as the huge fake intakes on the BMW i3 or dozens of other cars out there that have gaping plastic cladded "holes" in their front - wow look at those intercoo....wait a minute....
You all should be happy they brought the CTR to Canada, and are continuing to make performance cars. Honda quite easily could just make 100 variations of the CR-V and call it a day - that is what everyone is buying and it is boring and sad and frankly pathetic to this car enthusiast. The market quickly is becoming dominated by boring - embrace the different and exciting. Would much rather a lot more F&F out there than soccer mom.