Sirs, with all due respect to all posters and owners of their respective cars.
I have driven a Civic on a racetrack and it has a much superior cornering limit and chassis balance then a Honda City.
Civic is simply in another league, so if you want to compare a 1.5L VTEC with a non VTEC 1.5L that too with an A/T, on a straight line with steering locked at the middle, you can happily say anything about Civic.
But in real world Civic can beat any Honda City even with a b16 on a race track, with a wide margin.
I strongly oppose street racing else I can show any City owner what it takes to corner and overtake in real world, rather then taking a cell phone on a clear street and showing the power of clutch, making a video of two cars with totally unequal engines and driven by drivers with different driving skills.
City cannot deny the laws of physics.
We should respect all the posters and their cars, most of us (including me) can be really sensitive about their cars.
Regards