the engine already announced in 2013, 3 yr before if you count from the day civic official launch
means dev and test is started much earlier
don't think they never put into sufficient stress test
so unless some bad-s***-luck defect, or abuse/mod, or even exceptional extreme condition
really doubt it cannot last or withstand day-to-day usage...
and to be precise the CVT for 1.8 vs 1.5T is also different
1.8 is using something Midsize-CVT for compact car like civic, while 1.5T should be on Large-CVT intended for accord
B-seg is using something small-CVT
that Large CVT is used to withstand the turbo...so yea...u paying extra 14k++ is not for nothing...

some reading to understand more
http://hondanews.com/releases/2016-honda-c...wertrain?page=2

This post has been edited by dinozilla: May 3 2017, 07:18 PM