I knew this thread will turn into a fight when i saw the title 
Anyways, I believe after 8th Gen civic, the Honda quality has hone way down. There are number of issues in the new civic and prime one being the battery water issues. There are other issues two, strange noises, dashboard corners not settled properly etc. Right now I believe grande to have better quality.
Regarding top speed, not that you need 240 even on motorway. But just for sake of argument, I took (only once) my 99 City to 190 on motorway and accelerator was not floored. I think it was back in 2006. Just saying 