In fact, Dr. Wong, who has spent close to $60,000 customizing his car, could be a classic "import tuner" - a young, car-obsessed street racer with a souped-up compact.

He races at tracks, but many young import tuners race illegally on public roads.

The team uses 2 import tuners (Not from Gen3) and an FR hot hatch vehicle.

Official kits are co-designed and released in Japan by Logicool and Sparco (distributed by import tuner Endless in North America), while compatible kits are designed and released worldwide by European manufacturers such as PlaySeats and MoveTech.

This so-called import "tuner" world was the inspiration for the film "The Fast and the Furious."

The last generation of Civics was so stodgy that it lost its appeal among the young sport import "tuners" who had adopted earlier Civics as their preferred canvas for customization.