Wife bought this new model today. Good value and pretty responsive for a 1.8 litre 4 banger. It has i-VTEC which is a simpler VANOS "clone". I took a flashlight and looked at the rear multi-link suspension geometry. Guess what ?.

Looks almost like an E39 suspension, only that horizontal swing arm is smaller due to its lower weight. I suspect BMW could sue......

Oh, the tail end looks like an E46 tail from the side view, though dead on, is typically Honda. The manual shifter is almost an E36M3 copy, nicely weighted and short enough within level of the centre arm rest. Easy shifting from the armrest for lazy people. I am impressed by the performance, it pulls well in all gears...

Honda is ahead of BMW in the F1 so far....