2017 Civic Type R Reviews Compilation

[Mick the Quick]

Automobile Magazine Long Term Type-R review - Introduction

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2...A8E74444BE84287D50AAB9F2A35C542AA131D2DD95240

"Let’s get something out of the way straight off: The Honda Civic Type R is one of the best cars to be sold new in America in a generation. In a dozen years, it’ll be the stuff of legend. In 30 it’ll be a collector’s item."

Who am I to argue?

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[Mike R]

Not so much a review but Honda's Type R touring car championship model..

https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/134564/new-honda-btcc-car-makes-test-debut

 

[BarracksSi]

Not so much a review but Honda's Type R touring car championship model..

https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/134564/new-honda-btcc-car-makes-test-debut

Jesus...

 

[Mick the Quick]

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/auto/2018-honda-civic-type-r/review/

"I had some very lofty presumptions before I started my week with the Civic Type R. By the time those seven days were up, it had met and exceeded every expectation I threw at it."

 

[doCTR]

 

[baldheadracing]

I posted elsewhere, but just to keep this thread up-to-date: CTR was on S25E3 of Top Gear. BBC has most of the review up - the show opens with a review on-track of the Lexus LC500 by Chris Harris, followed by:

In the missing bit here, Chris talks about the car being made in Swindon, that it looks like it was designed "only to appeal to children," and bemoans the over 30k# price, but ends with "if you are in the market for a new Japanese performance car, then this Honda might just be a bit of a bargain ..." leading into the LC500/CTR race:

The only missing remaining Type R bits are the in-the-studio wrap up where Chris Harris declares the FK8 as "brilliant, the chassis' fantastic, and it's so fast - really is the best hot hatchback you can buy," but Matt says "it's hideous" and Chris says "... it's disgusting, but, it's so good to drive I can forgive the way it looks ..." and the lap time of 1:25.6 in "not great conditions" (really? see video below) - same time as the LC500, and Chris closes by declaring it "the fastest FWD car and the fastest hot hatchback ever around our track."

BBC later posted Stig's lap on YouTube (not broadcast):

 

[Vortexhunter]

 

[iforyou]

The only missing remaining Type R bits are the in-the-studio wrap up where Chris Harris declares the FK8 as "brilliant, the chassis' fantastic, and it's so fast - really is the best hot hatchback you can buy," but Matt says "it's hideous" and Chris says "... it's disgusting, but, it's so good to drive I can forgive the way it looks ..." and the lap time of 1:25.6 in "not great conditions" (really? see video below) - same time as the LC500, and Chris closes by declaring it "the fastest FWD car and the fastest hot hatchback ever around our track."

BBC later posted Stig's lap on YouTube (not broadcast):

I think "not great conditions" could mean that the track may be quite cold during the test, which may affect grip level noticeably.

 

[doCTR]

Not much impact to us since this car won't come to us. Still thought it was interesting. Review in French comparing a French car to ours. Pardon my French as it sux, but could count the numbers at least they gave most "subjective" wins to the Megane and measurable "objective" wins to us

 

[HondaFan2017]

Not much impact to us since this car won't come to us. Still thought it was interesting. Review in French comparing a French car to ours. Pardon my French as it sux, but could count the numbers at least they gave most "subjective" wins to the Megane and measurable "objective" wins to us

I speak French (not my native language though).
They raise some points like:
- the competition inspired suspension makes Megane RS more comfortable than the Type R in Comfort
- standard RS interior is same as regular Megane and you have to spend 1500 eur for Alcantara pack; more sporty atmosphere in TypeR and more space
- she likes more the Type R dynamics, nice gearbox, the engine is perfect, it is more radical/sporty than Megane RS. It wins without hesitation here.
- they like more the wise design of the RS, Type R being a bit over the top
- on track: RS difficult to find optimal traction, v fast gearbox(dct I guess), likes to play; type R puts power down clearly better due to LSD that makes the difference, he says he had the impression that the manual gearbox made him loose time.
They conclude Type R feels more in it's element both on track and road.

 

[doCTR]

Didn't know if this was posted before, thought all the visible and hidden golf r enthusiasts / trolls would appreciHate it

 

[taiso0019]

Didn't know if this was posted before, thought all the visible and hidden golf r enthusiasts / trolls would appreciHate it

I think it has been posted. Actually this seems like a rip-off channel to harvest views with Driving.ca's content. Here is the original link to the video:

 

[Vortexhunter]

 

[doCTR]

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/fight-honda-civic-type-r-vs-mitsubishi-evo-ix-mr-fq-360

 

[doCTR]

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