I'm test driving an S line suspension finally on Wednesday to finalise my spec.
It will only be my personal opinion, but I will post a comparison to the best I can of the difference.
i am used to medium / firm ride so bear this in mind.
I was given the heads up by a really helpful forum member in advance that the local S line test car i was supposed to be testing had standard sports suspension, not S line lower set up I had hoped (salesman forgot to check, but has been great so far so let him off)
So took sports suspension set up (S Line 3 door 2 ltr. 150 Diesel, brilliant black with pano) for a spin today with mrs on the rougher / poorer roads round our way and to be honest was close to perfect, being firm / comfy for both of us, that decided to stick with sports suspension without waiting further to testing an S Line setup.
Sport set up is actually firmer then the Honda civic s type gt and crz have come from, but because the car is so well put together and seats are so good (well impressed with seats on rough roads by the way) that it compensates and gives a really nice mix of feel / comfort. A few reviews i read had said there is not much feed back from road, but I disagree I found it pretty good, more than good enough for everyday driving. Sorry I can't compare sport / s line suspension as I thought, but i can highly recommend the sport suspension when pushed a bit,
I can see it being a bit too firm for the older, people with bad backs or just those who put comfort first, so the SE set up will definitely be better for some.
I think S line would be reserved for the driving enthusiast. If I wasn't taking parents out occasionally (which why I have gone for sport back) I would have waited and tested the lower s line set up. But after being a passenger today, I could see that if the sport is verging on firm, older passengers may struggle with a firmer than sport setup (s line suspension) on poorer roads.
I know some will say go for S line and for them I think they are right, i found S line with sports suspension setup with dynamic drive on, was really good fun down the windy roads (when the traffic would get out of the way !) so S Line must be a blast on a decent engine, But for most i think sport suspension is the best combination, was for me anyway.
N.B. The 2 ltr. 150 diesel is a cracking engine, has plenty of poke when you put your foot down, but still very smooth / refined, there are going to be a lot of chuffed people on here come 1st / 2nd of sept.