those are not aftermarket gadgets yo

u will be amazed

Civic 1.8/2.0 engine lacks torque badly. The FD2 2.0L only rely on more aerodynamic design and lower height to achieve 0-100km/h in 9.2s. The newer Civic 2.0 shredded 100kg on lighter chassis to come up with 0.1s better.

You seems to be looking at 0-100km/h to determine underpower. Forte 2.0 could hit 100km/h in 9.8s with 6AT while the older 4AT gets 10.5s. Whatever underpower you say is opposed to not just my evaluation but also Edmunds' report. Also, there are almost no Forte 2.0 test unit available, wonder where do you get to test that in the first place. Unless you owned 1 or you have some1 that owned 1 willing to let you try it. Probably you took the 1.6SX to assume then that is not right.

Forte 2.0
output 156ps@6200rpm
torque 194Nm@4300rpm

Civic 2.0 FD2
output 155ps@6500rpm
torque 188Nm@4500rpm

Civic 2.0S 2013
output 155ps@6500rpm
190Nm@4300rp

The Accord 2.0 G7/G8 are fitted with Civic FD2 and new Civic engine respectively. THe acceleration fell from 9.2s to 12s. Compared to Sonata/Optima with the same Theta engine could achieve 10.8s, deteriorated only by 1s. The torque matters.

Hard to describe, you just jack both cars up and compare and see for yourself. Next, get both to Sepang racetrack and try to take hard corner at 80km/h, 100km/h, 110km/h, 120km/h and so on until you can't perform the turn. Then you'll know what I'm talking about.

About the localised parts, you ask yourself the difference between Wira 1.6GLI and Lancer 1.6GL '93 other than the outside wraparound, what are the localised parts inside. Ofcourse they use local ingredient to mould the parts. Whatelse. The suspension, it is from P1 tuned by Lotus as claim. Not from MMC.

Ofcourse I have been driving CVT. You paddleshift to 1,2,3,4,5 or 6, the CVT gearbox moveable face will still enlarge and shrink the size to represent the gears you shift to anyway. I am talking about the activity in the CVT gearbox. CVT use moveable face to represent gears as fulcrum/medium for the crankshaft to driveshaft moving the axles. Conventional AT has physical gears as fulcrum/medium for driveshaft.

Main point is, Lancer is still alive today because it has something that Inspira don't and that is why RV of Lancer still ok. Else, Lancer would have wind up and got killed by Inspira like how Wira killed Lancer and Perdana killed Galant in 1994.

He didnt even know proton had an agreement with mitsu back then hence mitsu stop galant and lancrr locally. The agreement stop few years back. Then only mitsu brought back the lancer cedia. Not even the lancer CK series.. Lolzzz
Must be assumption again

Err...going on and on and on about acceleration, cornering speed, suspension and handling. Padahal sendiri drives a 4AT Forte, which excels in none of the above aspects.

YET, is an expert in all of those things especially when it comes to competing car makes.   

Waiting for his big brother CM98 to chime in and lend him a hand