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Originally Posted by bhav 1. Engine de-tuned from 160BHP+ abroad to 132BHP for India. As usual this destroys the free-revving character of the car - I am surprised you had a different opinion on this. Honda should have limited this de-tuning to the City (where even the VTEC experience has been wrecked for mileage's sake), but the Civic actually carries it forward.
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I don't think manufacturers detune Indian cars for the sake of mileage. They do it to make the engine more tolerant to our adulterated fuel.