It was 1986, you were 22 years old, and life was about busting tail to work off college loans, with what little time you had left over devoted to having fun. That last part’s the reason you forked over your hard-earned, junior mailroom executive wages for Honda’s first Civic Si. You and that high-revving ride lived fast, but while the Si remained largely ageless, you simply aged. What once offered endless good times now made you cringe at the thought of reaching back to the car seats, and trying to stuff a growing family of three, and then four, into this two-door was a lesson difficulty. If only that little rocket could morph into a sedan… Fast forward to 2007, and that’s just what the Honda Civic Si has done. Due to arrive in the fall of 2006, the 197-horsepower 2007 Si Sedan (yeah, that’ll take some getting used to) promises the kind of grins that can only be had near 8,000 rpm, and until now, only in coupe form.

Worry not, my friend -- those days of looking at that baby seat with mixed blessings will soon be behind you.