Remember when , way back in those halcyon days of last month? Back then, using the highly technical and in-depth modeling algorithm known as “educated guessing.” Well, (for the JDM model, at least), and I’m curious: How’d I do?

The new Civic’s horsepower is likely to change for the American market, but its overall dimensions probably won’t. So, let’s compare the leak to my predictions and see how close I got.

My Prediction

Leak

Difference

Horsepower

310 hp

326 hp

16 hp

Weight

3,152 lbs

3,130-3,140 lbs

12-22 lbs

Length

180.7"

180.5"

0.2"

Width

74.4"

74"

0.4"

Height

55.3"

55.7"

0.4"

That’s not bad! Horsepower is the biggest difference, and I’m happy to aim low and be pleasantly surprised. I did say that, if the Type R moves to one global horsepower figure, it would be 320 — so an announcement on that front could mean I’m only off by six.