Honda Civic R-Type

* * * Update Begins * * * I've been driving my new toy for a couple of months now and it's been put through most of the rigours that my old 306 Gti-6 enfured. I've also got to know the car a lot better, become familiar with it's quirks and so I thought it would be worth an update. The first thing I will say is that after a few months of driving, the CTR is still an amazing car to drive. If anything, it's a better drive thanks to the fact that it's more familiar (and run in). As I mentioned in my original review, the revvy engine has two disctinct sides. If you are driving it hard then familiarity is a great thing. After two ...  Read the complete review

***Start update 11 May 2007*** Well I've just exchanged this wonderful vehincle after 4 years of ownership and I thought I'd better update this record. The car had a few problems in it's first year with uneven tyre wear on the rear tyres, which required the dealers to change the arms on the back wheels for longer ones. This was a well known fault with this model of Type R but took the dealer rather longer than I would have liked to sort it out. Apart from this minor hickup I have had nothing else go wrong... at all. Testimony to Honda's legendary build quality. The car remained very quick, even compared to more contemporary competition. I ...  Read the complete review

The review I'm providing for is the Championship White Type R (pictured) which I have owned for 7 months from new. Looks: Amazing futuristic design from the inside to the outside. No other car manufacturer has taken the plunge to make such drastic changes from previous editions - compare the difference of Civic EP3 to Civic FN2 to say Fiesta Mk6 to Fiesta Mk7. Although, the looks might not be appealing to all. As I own the white colour, keeping it clean can be an issue. Especially the brake dust on the white alloys. But ignoring all that, the looks you get when driving this car is great! Handling: Very, very grippy. The way this ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT? Bright red, that's what it is! ......Sorry, just my little joke there. The Civic Type-R is the sportiest Honda in the range now that production of the S2000 sports car has ceased. Based on the attractive three door Civic, itself a later addition to the already radical looking five door family hatch back, the Type-R has been made over into the archetypal "hot hatch". For the non car-aficionados amongst you, a "hot hatch" is a sportified version of a usually mundane hatchback, this is a market defined by the iconic VW Golf GTi, which to this day is one of the Civic's greatest rivals. The beauty of ...  Read the complete review