Performance cars don’t come much more practical than the Honda Civic Type R. Honed over decades, this compact track machine takes the racing line straight to the enthusiast’s heart
has been building racing cars since 1964, eventually bringing bespoke competition machines to practically every sector of motorsport. With a distinctive white and red livery derived from the Japanese flag, the company remains a potent force on the track.
Typically, Type R spec meant stripped out and enhanced, with niceties like aircon and cruise control omitted, window glass swapped for lightweight polycarbonate and brakes, engine and drivetrain all uprated for endurance and performance. Over the years, usability and refinement has crept back in and this, the latest Honda Civic Type R, is as at home on the open road as it is carving up racetracks.
This is what the Type R driver desires. Over the generations, the basic car has served as a blank slate for driving enthusiasts, tinkerers, dreamers, and outright show-offs. The Type R is simply Honda deploying its considerable skills in order to max out all available options. All of these reinforce the video game analogy, because if truth be told, this car is basically a toy. We were given a chance to drive the Honda Civic Type R at Thruxton, a particularly rapid racetrack in the south of England. Battling against the best of British winter weather, the Type R is visceral, intense and reassuringly stable. The short-throw gearshift is punchy and direct, reminding you that this kind of time-honoured analogue interaction is fading fast from the collective memory.
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