Suzuki Samurai or Honda Civic?

I am a younger driver in the North Georgia Mountains and I am trying to decide whether to buy a suzuki samurai post 1988 or a Honda Civic pre 2002. I want a straight shift and they both are typically but 1)suzukis usually have 2 seats 2)The Civic is not great in snow and its almost snow season 3) the civic gets better gas 4) I like the convertible aspect of the zuki ...... i am torn between the two there are an equal amount of pros and cons to each it would be great if someone who knows a lot about samurais and then someone who know a lot about civics would comment and let me know what they like best and least about their car....... I am leaning towards the samurai a little but the only 2 seats and the low horse power is really the only things stopping me so if there are easy fixes to those then hands down a samurai mainly i just want it to go like 90 mph instead of 70 and have minimum of 4 seats .... i currently am trying to sell my 1994 cadillac concours deville so they are both vehicles on the complete other side of the spectrum driving wiseSuzuki Samurai or Honda Civic?
If you plan to have a nice car you should get the honda, you can get all terrain performance tires. Some even specially for snow. They arnt that much more than a regular tire and car raise the liability of your car and make it grip alot better. check out this vid.... how could you miss out on something so bad *** lol