I guess the journalists that made the acceleration tests aren't good drivers as some on the US side...
"the cars Acceleration tests of a 2006 Civic sedan with a manual transmission conducted by AJAC (Automobile Journalists Association of Canada) revealed a 0 to 100 km/h time of 8.6 seconds,"
There's a good review about the fastests 10 cars under 20K US at car and drivers.
Here's the Civic times...
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 7.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 22.5 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 8.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 16.1 sec @ 87 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 125 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 191 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.81 g
8.6 versus 7.7.
So who's lying?