MotorWeek is looking back on a fondly remembered late-'80s hot hatch with a retro review of the 1989 Honda Civic Si ... before the tuner boom of the late '90s gave these Hondas massive popularity.

The Civic Si was originally a hatchback, but since then, it evolved into a coupe and a sedan in later generations during the late 90s and early 2000s. Nowadays, the Honda Civic Si is only ...