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Someone Just Paid $22,750 for an 18-Year Old Civic 

It's an Si coupe in pristine condition with just over 10,000 miles on the clock. Still, that's a lot of money for an old Civic. 

The collector car market is a strange one. Porsche 911 prices have gone well beyond what most rational buyers are willing to pay, while prices for 60-horsepower Kei cars are steadily on the rise. One point of interest, though, stands out among the rest. It's this pristine 2000 Honda Civic Si coupe, which just sold on Bring a Trailer for $22,750. That is not a typo. 

Of course, this example is perhaps one of the nicest sixth-generation Civic Sis on the planet, having traveled just 10,439 miles since new, remaining unmodified its entire life. The paint is said to be original, and the pictures depict a car that seems to have just rolled off the showroom floor. For some context, you can purchase a brand new Honda Civic Si coupe for just $1350 more.

Bring--a-Trailer is known for drawing in high-quality, high-dollar auctions, but this result is pretty shocking, even by BaT standards. It could perhaps be the market for these cars is actually starting to turn upwards, however. It makes sense considering the generation that grew up with these cars new is finally coming into some money. 

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TG: What could Lexus learn from a brand like Porsche?

KH: You know, they’re such different brands. I don’t know from my point of view that there’s a lot of learning, because Lexus is a really new luxury brand. We don’t have a racing history, and all the iconic vehicles that Porsche has. It’s just a totally different ballgame I think.

TG: You are building a racing history though right?

KH: We’re starting to, yeah. It’s beginning. It will take a while, and I really see Lexus as a company that is searching for a new innovative direction, not dwelling too much on the past, but trying to forge a new path and a new way through the future. I really find that exciting, I think that aspect is very interesting, and it’s very different from what Porsche does in a lot of ways.

TG: It’s funny actually, many many car designers that we speak to appreciate Porsche in the same way, they appreciate the heritage much like you do. It’s very interesting to hear that from different people. It speaks to a designer on a core level I think, and it’s cool to hear that you appreciate that as well.

KH: Yeah, I mean just as a designer, as a person who enjoys driving, I really love the functional aspect of the 911. To me it’s a perfect blend of form and function, and I really respect that. I think it’s hard to do that, and being in the design business, it’s incredibly difficult to pull that off in such a fluid manner in combining something that from my point of view still looks artistic, but also is rooted in functionality. I think it’s something that’s very difficult to pull off, but I’m excited by what cars like the LF-LC mean for us in a similar arena.

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