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2018 Car and Driver’s Editor’s Choice Award
With an “amazing mix of performance and poise,” Car and Driver has named the 2018 Civic Type R an Editor’s Choice award recipient in the compact hatchback category, indicating that it is a vehicle they recommend to friends and family.
The new Honda Civic Type R won our Sport Compact Car of the Year trophy during the 2018 Auto123.com Awards ceremony, held this past November 22nd in Toronto. It beat out the two other finalists in the category, namely the Subaru WRX/WRX STI and Volvo S60/V60 Polestar.
Read more at https://www.auto123.com/en/news/honda-civic-type-r-2018-auto123-award/64258/#Zkmv7HT5vzlH6Bvv.99
US News and World Report
In our rankings of compact cars, the 2018 Honda Civic holds one of the top spots. It's available in sedan, coupe, and hatchback models. Sporty variants include the Civic Si sedan and coupe, plus the high-performance Type R.
Carsoup
There isn’t a sport compact fan that doesn’t already know about the new Honda Civic Type R’s many achievements
Motortrend
Now that the economy is well and truly thriving, some automakers are once again offering a revival of choices of blisteringly quick sport compacts. Sure, Mitsubishi may have traded building Evos for SUVs, but my first-blush Subaru still stands—the track-ready 2018 Subaru WRX STI Type RA is arguably the baddest WRX ever to hit our shores. Others are back in the game, too. Continuing its hot hatch history (offered for the first time in America), the big-winged Honda Civic Type R generates an outrageous 306 hp from just 2.0 liters of turbocharged fury.
Consumer Guide
2018 Honda Civic Type R Touring
Class: Compact Car
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Category: Review
Tags: 2018 Civic Type R, compact, hatchback, review
Kelly Blue Book
Driving Impressions
All too often, "hot-rod" versions of good compact cars wind up compromising the things we liked about the compact in the first place.
Ed Napleton Honda
This compact sedan is taking driving to a whole new level.
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