Sometimes you meet a car that turns everything you thought you knew about the model on its head. The 2007-2011 FD2 Honda Civic Type R is the perfect case in point. Let me explain. Disappointingly, it ...

Honda's Type R designation first appeared on the NSX; the NSX-R being a stripped-out, track-ready version of the iconic mid-engine Ferrari fighter. The Championship White paint finish also originates ...

The third generation 2007 FN2 Civic Type R was received with disappointment in some quarters as the power output was almost unchanged from the EP3, but the 20hp European spec FN2 hatchback was still ...

It has been over 30 years since the debut of the first Type R vehicle based on Honda's first supercar, the legendary NSX. Since then, the Japanese manufacturer's high-performance nameplate has become ...

The Honda Civic Type R has been a mainstay within Honda's lineup for decades, first appearing in 1997. The EK9 generation began this decades-long lineage of high-performance Japanese sports cars, with ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

Swindon produced two versions of the EP3, the second Civic Type R, one for the European market, and one for the Japanese market, both based on the seventh-generation Civic three-door hatchback. The ...

s on the road now. Not much to look at; drive makes up for it Opinion is definitely split on its lairy looks and the way it delivers its turbocharged power. Phenomenally fast though the FK2 is, so far ...

Some people see the Civic Type R as a try-hard hot hatch, because it's easy to forget that it's been around forever. You'd think that a car that's almost always had manic styling wouldn't be ...

Hot hatches make sense. Adding a little bit of power and tightening the suspension of a hatchback can make for an affordable, fun, and practical car. What's weird is when the concept gets pushed so ...

Ichishima-san of Spoon Sports doesn’t seem so fussed. He’s confident Honda is at a crossroads right now and knows that whatever performance cars it will come up with in the future will continue on ...

The FL5 could even be described as more modest than Honda’s third Civic Type R, the FN2, which arrived in 2007. Hot on the heels of the impressive ‘breadvan’ EP3 Civic Type R, the FN2 packed similar ...