The first Honda Civic Type R arrived in the late 1990s as a Japan‑only experiment in turning an everyday hatchback into a ...

The most powerful and quickest Civic Type R yet around a given racetrack, what Honda calls FL5 rolled out in 2022 for the 2023 model year. It's the first CTR since the FD2 to be made in the Japanese ...

Introduced in 1972 as a subcompact, the Civic was the first Honda to sell in great volumes outside of Honda’s home market. Baptized 1200 RS, the first sporty was introduced in 1974. The first Type R ...

What makes a Civic Type R so much more kick-ass than a regular old Civic has more to do with feats of engineering like a high compression ratio, tight gearing, a lofty horsepower-per-liter ratio, and ...

The Tokyo Auto Salon has wrapped up another year of showcasing stunning automotive creations, and one manufacturer stood out amongst the sea of custom builders and aftermarket tuners—Honda. Most ...

- focused primarily on humble four-cylinder units. And the finest of these could well be the original EK9 Civic Type R. make the EK9 Type R a real blast to drive on road and track. In fact it feels ...

The FL5-generation Honda Civic Type R is arguably the most exciting hot hatch currently on the market, building on Honda’s rich history of red-badged Civics, and today we’re looking at the one that ...

The Honda Civic Type R EK9 is a hot hatch icon, an incredible driver’s car and, for many enthusiasts, the ultimate Civic Type R. Buying one isn’t easy, or cheap, but it’s worth it. Soichiro Honda once ...