i only lurking past few days since wife decided recently only, so catching up on 30+ pages of mostly bullshit, but some decent gem posts such as the new/old ish FE engine comes with Variable valve lift - VTEC KICKED IN YO! lol

well similarly to my family here, as we kinda decided to get the FC during pandemic, but in the end decided not to proceed due to many reasons, not just the pandemic.
as reality goes, car price is not going to get any cheaper unless something drastic changes on our gahmen/NEP/taxation.
the price is not just creature comforts, some of the engine components (the lesser parts like radiators/water tank etc are fully outsourced to Thailand.)
If i'm not mistaken the FC still had Denso Malaysia (correct me if i'm wrong though)

but yes, with chassis improvements and Honda Sensing, FE is definitely a safer car no doubt about it.
the bright LED and smoother/better/earlier power on tap will also help on being safer

So according to this review, the power at the wheels (not counting weight gains) has actually reduced between 10th Gen and 11th Gen, and he suspects "anti pollution / emission controls" addition...I think.

I'm a banana, so I can only guess half and half.

It would make sense, not to forget the weight gains.

It is really a good and thorough comparisons that I think even the American channels lack.

Separately I felt the door handle feel when opening is bit cheapo even compared to my old Lancer or City Gen 6..