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It’s been 25 years since Honda Motor Company introduced the first Type-R badge on the NSX, but for some reason, it’s never been applied to a Honda badged car in North America. Aside from the mid-1990s Acura Integra Type-R, the hottest Hondas have been reserved for Europe and Japan. Thankfully, that is no longer true. The fifth-generation Civic Type-R is now on sale in Honda’s largest market and I’ve had a chance to drive it in its natural environment.
For Honda, Type-R is defined as a race car for the street. That doesn’t mean these are meant as high-end competition cars. Rather, a Type-R is designed to be driven to your local club racing track or autocross venue, thrashed for the day and then driven home again. Honda recently invited us to drive the Civic Type-R to Ridge Motorsports Park west of Seattle for a few hours of lapping on the 2.47-mile, 16-turn road circuit. After our track time and a technology briefing from Civic product planner Rob Keogh we hit the road for a nearly 200-mile drive loop to Port Townsend and back down the east side of the Hood Canal.
So what sets a Type-R from a run-of-the-mill Civic hatchback? There are certainly the obvious boy racer visual cues like the giant wing sitting above the rear hatch glass and the bulked up fenders. More power is obvious to compete with the likes of the VW Golf R, Ford Focus RS and Subaru WRX STi.
For Honda, Type-R is defined as a race car for the street. That doesn’t mean these are meant as high-end competition cars. Rather, a Type-R is designed to be driven to your local club racing track or autocross venue, thrashed for the day and then driven home again. Honda recently invited us to drive the Civic Type-R to Ridge Motorsports Park west of Seattle for a few hours of lapping on the 2.47-mile, 16-turn road circuit. After our track time and a technology briefing from Civic product planner Rob Keogh we hit the road for a nearly 200-mile drive loop to Port Townsend and back down the east side of the Hood Canal.
So what sets a Type-R from a run-of-the-mill Civic hatchback? There are certainly the obvious boy racer visual cues like the giant wing sitting above the rear hatch glass and the bulked up fenders. More power is obvious to compete with the likes of the VW Golf R, Ford Focus RS and Subaru WRX STi.
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