Unfortunately a very golf bias video....the fk8 type R is regarded as one of the best hot hatches created. The gold R is a better daily but if you have any driving passion and you drive the type R you would understand.
Great channel and videos bud, nice to see another FK8, as a type R owner who looked into the car before buying it, I thought you may be interested to know a few things about the design. The type R had lots of functional aerodynamics, the sides act as an air curtain to guide air round and up to the spoiler hence the arches and the shape of the rear wheel arch. Then there’s the flat bottom that directs quick airflow to the rear diffuser. The “Venturi” effect it gets squeezed as it passes under. The brakes have small clips near them to direct air to cool them. I learnt from reading online there are articles from the designer in Japan. Ive also seen these When it comes to the wing it’s there for braking and cornering stability at speed. It works. Previous owner did 177mph on the autobahn in Germany in mine. Honda also set the wheels into the arches to allow air to pass around easier. Thanks for reading, I'm aware I may get a lot of grief, but I appreciate great cars regardless of what they are.
No grief here. What you said is the truth. Coming from a fellow FK8 owner it’s nice to see someone commenting who clearly has intelligence and has composed a well thought out comment (you did your research on the vehicle, which is brilliant.) It’s refreshing to see a comment which isn’t full of hate towards the car - oh it’s got fake vents blah blah blah. Kudos to you, Christopher!
I’m 48 and about to sell my golf R for a CTR in bright red. Much more agile and engaging to drive. Just cannot get on with the golfs steering and that’s after 18 months of trying everything to wake it up and with stage 1 power.
How ever good the Honda is, I couldn’t ever drive one. Styling is beyond juvenile! People clearly love the subtle look of the R, one of the reasons why you see so many..
Cameron Jackson Well I’ve got one, but it’s on a PCP so I don’t have to worry about RVs. To be honest I might keep it when the PCP is up, it’ll owe me £12,700 which ain’t a lot of money
Should really be testing in gear acceleration not 0-60; of course an AWD is gonna beat a FWD. In terms of in gear acceleration the Civic will smash the golf
I test drove the Civic Type R when it first came out. Myself I have always had 4 wheel drive, but was really impressed with the performance & handling and yes the shape/looks are like marmite, You love it or hate it. What also was on offer with Honda was 5 years free warranty, 5 years free servicing and 0% finance too.
@@robertbob5597got it with my CRV and does include gearbox etc. Also got Golf R never get the same treatment or help at any VAG dealer as you do with my local Honda dealer.
Good videos mate but one thing I will add is your doing a sound decibel test but you've had a Res delete so isn't exactly fair against another vehicle with a standard exhaust system.
Comparing dsg awd and manual fwd on a dig is like comparing two track and field sprinters competing but one without the starting blocks. Do a roll and we will see who wins
Enjoyed this series, would like to see some form of head to head with modified hot hatches too stage 1 2 3 side by side to see the difference mods can make 😊
@@ItzD3fW1sH it was worse when he compared it to the Leon Cupra with a standard exhaust, because belive me the Cupra is louder with a res delete than the golf
I’m not a fan of the civic’s looks honestly. A little too racer for me. Honda reliability is always nice though. I really like the Golf R because it looks like any other Golf to most people. I like the plain understated look of my white mk6 golf r but I am pretty old I guess lol
Happy to see the back of these series in my opinion. Too much bias for your 'golf' every single video in the head to heads. Always the same tests which are usually pointless and just more golf r bias to 'win' (shock). Never any draggy stats, rolling 30-70 runs, lap times, and to top it off a useless sound test of your resonated deleted exhaust vs stock cars. I suspect the golf would've lost most of the videos otherwise so no surprise why the formula didn't change.
The Type R continues to win the plaudits of every respected motoring journalist. The VW serves as an example of the conservative, grey tastes of people. It's been styled to be driven by a grandad who has no style or flair nor sense of speed. It's far too dull to be considered a hot hatch back. A hot hatch should be worthy to be a poster on the wall of a teenager. The VW would look good in the Saga magazine. The Type R on the other hand....
Both are great cars, but the comparisons here are completly wrong, except the exhaust one. How can you compare a 0-60 on a FWD with 4WD? I mean DSG, Launch control etc... that's why golf R are so good into pussy racing. They are completly different animals, one is made to go fast at the track, the other is made to be good everywhere but not so good into one thing... You should have done a track comparison, where the civic really shines too
Andre Bryan he won't do a rolling race because he will lose against the type r, the m140i and the focus rs I suspect. The m140i would destroy it in a rolling race. So from series 1 of hot hatch head to head we have concluded that the golf r is the best car in the world!
I haven't seen any Golf R review that has done a rolling head to head. I suspect because the reviewers all know it will lose! And this is coming from someone who used to own a Golf R!
Decent vid but I feel like the tests are more towards the golf. The rev test is not that fair ; res delete against a stock system. The 0-60 test pointless tbh awd v fwd But overall decent
Wasn't it a bad road surface during the golf launch, anyway that aside..... come on the type r looks like Halfords add ons gone nuts. Imagine it parked up, taking your mates out for a drink at the summer beer garden as you all walk out and get into that....OMGosh the horror. I know the type r is fast, I tried it before buying my m140i it is fast but its looks....sorry but its ugly that's why you dont see them, such a shame because it's a great drivers car.
@@r.fantobasse3648 fuck off, the Type R looks fucking shit. It's fucking hideous. It's fucking silly. It's fucking dire. it's fucking burning my eyes. It's owners would vote for Trump.
Simple fact.. always choose the golf r or S3 etc.. the reason simple. Yea the type R is a track monster blah blah blah.. but 99% of their owners have a £299 a month lease deal and will never go to a track. And even if they did they would not be able to utilise the car as they are just Joe average. In the real world they will pull up to the lights and get spamked.. ps great vid luke
Well, I'm the owner of the Type R, and I mean the word "owner", cause its bought and paid for. Its been on track 3 or 4 times already, and I've held a Race National B license for almost 5 years, so I think I can get somewhere near the most out of it. Also, while the Civic loses a 0-60 against the golf, it wins in literally any other race, such as rolling from 30 onwards, which is far more likely to happen in real life lol.
@@S18RSG well pointed out, your the 1% of its owners that can use the car as intended and does do track days but what off the other 99% who aren't racing drivers who do have a lease car and doesn't do track days....I think thats what Chris was saying buy a usable golf or s3
@@markrhoden68 hey Mark finally someone who sees my logic. I'm not knocking the Honda. But just in real world always the golf etc. SinRG is using the Honda as intended on a track and good he is as it's amazing. But for us normal drivers. I'd rather have my left foot chilled and zoom off in the sunset
@@S18RSG hey mate. It's great that someone like yourself is using the Honda as it's ment to on a track and can imagine it's amazing just always see the golf pull amazing off lights. It's ironic. As my escort is my baby and and taken me many years little by little to enjoy it on the road. Yet my wife's BMW i3s from 50 to 70 can is only half a second slower than a BMW M4. Crazy
@@chriscringle9263 thats all that matters to me, never gonna track a car so why have a track focused car, the only reason I had my current car which does have a practical boot and rear seats but the real reason was for the engine and gearbox. Boot space and practicality aren't consideration for me, I like power, how it sounds and hopeful style. I get it some want track focused supermarket hotrods but most of them can't afford the type r so end up with a ST focus etc with a loud exhaust. So who buys the type r?
@@natelan69420 it does not matter what honda doesnt offer. It matters what in this case vw offers. And it offers golf r with manual transmission, now doesnt it, mr always right?
even with the manual trans, the golf R would still beat the type R do to all-wheel drive truthfully I was expecting the type r to win when he did not use lunch because of the hesitation of the golf R. the manual take out that hesitation and make it even quicker without lunch control. I want to test drive a type r when I was buying car honda lost my business when they said you can test drive it when you buy it. I will not buy any car without driving it first. I had test drove the Golf R and the Rs on the same day and went back and bought one the next day. I ended up with a Golf R. just because I was told by someone who works for ford not to go with the RS do to the engine issue with them and if I do autocross are the track I would be better off with the type R are golf R. I will not say the person name do to protect him from losing his job.
it does not even compare - a completely different level - it would be a profanation of Honda .. golf is shit and rubbish forever and ever .. Honda is for smart people .. One Honda - Always Honda 👌👍
robas1k sold the oil leaking valve cover, non working AC, second gear grinding piece of junk Honda CTR after 6 months. Traded it in for real car. BMW M2 Competition. First Honda and last Honda I will ever own.
The reason there are not many Type R’s about is no-one wants one while they look like that. When I was looking around for a hot hatch I discounted the Type R immediately due to its looks even though its more dynamically involving than the Golf R. I think what will bring you more interest and views are more performance oriented tests, like what carwow does. The downside …. you need a long private road or hire an airfield!
That's subjective isn't it really, I love the look of the fk8 whilst the r looks like a pumped up diesel !! I bet you didn't test drive the type r because I suspect you would have a difference of opinion rather than being dismissive straight away. The fk8 is unreal on back roads, so more engaging than a point and squirt car !!
Another valid reason you don't see many, is they only made 8000 for the UK and worldwide only 40 thousand!! How many Golf r's are there on the roads, 🤔 🤣
should be a doing a rolling race side by side instead of 0-60, the mpg figures is gonna be different every time of course so thats pretty pointless and doing a poll on your instagram where majority of your followers are golf r fanboys! how does this head2head make any sense?
Mifthaus Salehin instead of talking why don’t you make your own video and show Luke how it should be done? Nah thought not it’s easier to sit there and criticise lol.
me being in autocross and seeing both cars on equal tires the are within the noise on the track if you have equal drivers. the stock tire of the Golf R is crap the type r come with beater tire I wish I could see a fair comparison of the three hot hacths ( golf R, Focus RS, type R) all of them on the same tire be it cup 2 are any tire as long as they're the same.
I’m not being a hater here... but it’s defo set up for his car to win🤦🏼♂️, some test are unfair and the last test is pointless... it’s all gonna be VW fan bois let’s all be honest, and plus he’s now sold his Gold and got a bmw 😂
I am so tired of hearing people pretending they like the looks of the civic...this thing is hideous ..it literally looks like a Toyota corolla that got deformed in production...it is a very ugly car I battle to understand what looks do nice on it ...my God the back is even worse it is like a Preus had a hybrid baby with a 2014 base model Nissan Almera which is also one ugly car you don't even know whether its coming or going, the back looks like the front and the front looks like the back...its unbelievable how ugly the Type are is IMHO
@@natelan69420 right..so the Honda recording a 24 second faster nurburgring lap time than the R must mean you're right 😂🤦♂️ unfortunately your pcp golf is not the best car in the world.
Welcome to the LAST episode of Hot Hatch Head2Head...for now. Watch till the end for more info 👀😯
Unfortunately a very golf bias video....the fk8 type R is regarded as one of the best hot hatches created. The gold R is a better daily but if you have any driving passion and you drive the type R you would understand.
Great channel and videos bud, nice to see another FK8, as a type R owner who looked into the car before buying it, I thought you may be interested to know a few things about the design.
The type R had lots of functional aerodynamics, the sides act as an air curtain to guide air round and up to the spoiler hence the arches and the shape of the rear wheel arch.
Then there’s the flat bottom that directs quick airflow to the rear diffuser. The “Venturi” effect it gets squeezed as it passes under.
The brakes have small clips near them to direct air to cool them. I learnt from reading online there are articles from the designer in Japan. Ive also seen these
When it comes to the wing it’s there for braking and cornering stability at speed. It works. Previous owner did 177mph on the autobahn in Germany in mine.
Honda also set the wheels into the arches to allow air to pass around easier.
Thanks for reading, I'm aware I may get a lot of grief, but I appreciate great cars regardless of what they are.
No grief here. What you said is the truth. Coming from a fellow FK8 owner it’s nice to see someone commenting who clearly has intelligence and has composed a well thought out comment (you did your research on the vehicle, which is brilliant.) It’s refreshing to see a comment which isn’t full of hate towards the car - oh it’s got fake vents blah blah blah. Kudos to you, Christopher!
I’m 48 and about to sell my golf R for a CTR in bright red. Much more agile and engaging to drive. Just cannot get on with the golfs steering and that’s after 18 months of trying everything to wake it up and with stage 1 power.
Mid life crisis much??? Now nobody will know if its your teenage son driving down the road or if its you.
@@AndrewSmith-sy7ws I will leave such concerns to those insecure enough to worry about such things...
@@AndrewSmith-sy7ws hahaha you got told you troll
@@van_der_lindeDA who the fuck are you????
@@van_der_lindeDA Certainly did. A very insecure and ignorant comment indeed.
How ever good the Honda is, I couldn’t ever drive one. Styling is beyond juvenile! People clearly love the subtle look of the R, one of the reasons why you see so many..
No that’s because they’re exceptionally cheap to lease and are even easier to drive
Cameron Jackson Of course, yes. And they’re cheap to lease because the RV’s are strong and that’s because they’re highly desirable!
Andrew Montague
They’re more common than fiestas these days😂.
The resale actually plummets; you can pick up two year old ones with
Cameron Jackson Well I’ve got one, but it’s on a PCP so I don’t have to worry about RVs. To be honest I might keep it when the PCP is up, it’ll owe me £12,700 which ain’t a lot of money
Should really be testing in gear acceleration not 0-60; of course an AWD is gonna beat a FWD.
In terms of in gear acceleration the Civic will smash the golf
Cameron Jackson He’s a nice guy but I think the ‘tests’ are devised to ensure his Golf always wins 😉
I've heard tesla's with better exhaust sound than that type R 😂
Andy Malone this fuckin killed me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn 😂
Apart from that they are quality cars though.
Pointless 0-60 head to head. 4wd and fwd always one winner
I don’t get this new-found obsession with DSG farts 💨 chassis dynamics are far more important to me...
Totally agree
I test drove the Civic Type R when it first came out. Myself I have always had 4 wheel drive, but was really impressed with the performance & handling and yes the shape/looks are like marmite, You love it or hate it. What also was on offer with Honda was 5 years free warranty, 5 years free servicing and 0% finance too.
Manj Bains 5 year warranty is a myth. If clutch or gearbox gets broken, you pay for it.
@@robertbob5597got it with my CRV and does include gearbox etc. Also got Golf R never get the same treatment or help at any VAG dealer as you do with my local Honda dealer.
That spaceship sounds like a hoover that you keep turning on/off lol.
Good videos mate but one thing I will add is your doing a sound decibel test but you've had a Res delete so isn't exactly fair against another vehicle with a standard exhaust system.
On a track the type r melts the golf r speaking from experience.
Comparing dsg awd and manual fwd on a dig is like comparing two track and field sprinters competing but one without the starting blocks. Do a roll and we will see who wins
Golf would probably also win I'm afrain.
Thought you had a new exhaust😉
Ah! Was waiting for someone to comment this...This video was filmed before the new exhaust was fitted! :)
hampshirephoto
OBVIOUSLY!
Did you have any trouble removing the Maxton spoiler?
Love the R, hate the farts.
buy a manual
Manual pork crackles lol
Enjoyed this series, would like to see some form of head to head with modified hot hatches too stage 1 2 3 side by side to see the difference mods can make 😊
Does ctr seat 5 with safety belt? I got 5 in family
Nixon Chan 4 .
Mine has 5 seat belts mate 👍🏼
I have both of these cars. Unique in their own way.
I used to have a FK8 and now have a golf R 19 plate. Much prefer the Golf tbh
Why
Yeah why
Aaron O'Brien the civic just struggled to get the power down and I was sick of the wheel spin haha
Same here. Cant get over the type r styling and fake vents.
The golf R is a much Easyer drive 🙄
11:13 looks like older brother give his little brother an automatic car how happy he is🤣
for me civic type r the best one
The guy with the beard hates luke you can tell.
Haha, I don't hate Luke at all, that was the first time we met. I just have a resting bitch face and like to make jokes 😊
Isn't your exhaust modified? So what's the point in doing an exhaust sound test vs a stock car? 🤦♂️
He filmed this before the exhaust mod. But might have an ECU/TCU pops-and-bangs tune.
@@natelan69420 I'm pretty sure he did a resonator delete a while ago... Hardly a valid test to do is it.
@@ItzD3fW1sH Agreed. If it's not stock-to-stock or like-even, then this test is shite.
@@natelan69420 Regardless, even stock the R has better exhaust sound than the Type R - which appears to have next to no sound at all!
@@ItzD3fW1sH it was worse when he compared it to the Leon Cupra with a standard exhaust, because belive me the Cupra is louder with a res delete than the golf
U have such a beautiful golf r. I’ve been wanting to get one myself, but I wanted to know if ur car is lowered or is that the stock height.
You got better mpg because you didn't launch it duh
Sorry, this type r is fugly. Preferred the previous versions and had the previous normally aspirated versions.
I’m not a fan of the civic’s looks honestly. A little too racer for me. Honda reliability is always nice though. I really like the Golf R because it looks like any other Golf to most people. I like the plain understated look of my white mk6 golf r but I am pretty old I guess lol
That's why adults buy the Golf.
*ricer - there fixed ya typo :D
People who are complaining about the Civic Type R cant afford the damn thing anyways lol.....facts! Haters got to hate to rub their ego.
wish that VW is reliable as the CTR
Happy to see the back of these series in my opinion. Too much bias for your 'golf' every single video in the head to heads. Always the same tests which are usually pointless and just more golf r bias to 'win' (shock). Never any draggy stats, rolling 30-70 runs, lap times, and to top it off a useless sound test of your resonated deleted exhaust vs stock cars. I suspect the golf would've lost most of the videos otherwise so no surprise why the formula didn't change.
You’ll be pleased to know, season 2 is in the works. 😊 #DontWatchItIfYouDontLikeIt
Question for the comment section..... How do you guys feel about the window visors? Yes or No?
No
The Type R continues to win the plaudits of every respected motoring journalist. The VW serves as an example of the conservative, grey tastes of people. It's been styled to be driven by a grandad who has no style or flair nor sense of speed. It's far too dull to be considered a hot hatch back. A hot hatch should be worthy to be a poster on the wall of a teenager. The VW would look good in the Saga magazine. The Type R on the other hand....
generaly,german cars are boring!!!
on track,golf r doesn't even exist compared to type-r
Both are great cars, but the comparisons here are completly wrong, except the exhaust one.
How can you compare a 0-60 on a FWD with 4WD? I mean DSG, Launch control etc... that's why golf R are so good into pussy racing.
They are completly different animals, one is made to go fast at the track, the other is made to be good everywhere but not so good into one thing...
You should have done a track comparison, where the civic really shines too
As a MKVII Golf R owner, I call BULLSHIT on that MPG. I HATE the Honda, but it definitely should've won that point.
It's been a banger first season🔥🔥🔥
Great content as usual. A head2head roll race would've been nice😬
Andre Bryan he won't do a rolling race because he will lose against the type r, the m140i and the focus rs I suspect. The m140i would destroy it in a rolling race. So from series 1 of hot hatch head to head we have concluded that the golf r is the best car in the world!
I haven't seen any Golf R review that has done a rolling head to head. I suspect because the reviewers all know it will lose! And this is coming from someone who used to own a Golf R!
Ok ok we get it!! No LAUNCH... jeez
Awesome video, keep up the good work!
Thanks Simon!
I would love to get that res deley to cura st :)
Decent vid but I feel like the tests are more towards the golf. The rev test is not that fair ; res delete against a stock system. The 0-60 test pointless tbh awd v fwd
But overall decent
Type R is 320bhp
last episode? you havent even compared with 280rs
That Type R looks like a 4yo has designed it with Stickle Bricks. It's fucking horrible. Blurgh. The whole justification proves it's shit.
Wasn't it a bad road surface during the golf launch, anyway that aside..... come on the type r looks like Halfords add ons gone nuts.
Imagine it parked up, taking your mates out for a drink at the summer beer garden as you all walk out and get into that....OMGosh the horror.
I know the type r is fast, I tried it before buying my m140i it is fast but its looks....sorry but its ugly that's why you dont see them, such a shame because it's a great drivers car.
Amazing car wish the vents did shit
Only 6 to 8k made in total for the UK, that's y don't see them mate
The new Civic looks horrendous looks like it was designed by a 10 year old boy and then driven through a Halfords covered in superglue 👎🏼
iskillcorn1 type r isjust the only hothatch with a real sport look on the market!!!! golf looks like a tdi 90cv... 😂😂😂
@@r.fantobasse3648 fuck off, the Type R looks fucking shit. It's fucking hideous. It's fucking silly. It's fucking dire. it's fucking burning my eyes. It's owners would vote for Trump.
iskillcorn1 i prefer type R it’s looks sexy more big looks racer car and reliable
I have both 18 plate golf r in lapiz blue and a 18 plate type r in black
I'd like to take a moment to congratulate you 👍
@@alexb2612 cheers you dosser 😆
Makka Donn which one is better?
Fancy doing a head to head Vs my Tesla P3D? ;)
Yeah, let's do a match-up ALL DAY and see who wins.
Oh you own a Tesla, hows that working out for you? They are not that quick and not for long 😂
I will take a gas over tesla or any electric car I like shifting gear and I love a good exhaust note.
kevin Rotge exactly, never pulled up behind a Tesla and thought any of the things you do when it’s a Genuine supercar or hyper hatch
@@pheasantpluckersson2138 Great thanks, I don't understand 'they are not that quick and not for long' Is English not your first language?
Sorry guys, but This kind of cars you never compare fuel consumption as a point
18" wheels will get lost in those arches. Big mistake.
18s actually look good when lowered (have a look at a few on Google). But I've actually opted for 19s anyway 🙂
No replacement for displacement!! Those farting noise is annoying.
Wow that CTR.
No that Golf
Owner of the Honda seems a nice guy and I think they have a lot of pedigree. Love the hot hatch head to heads. Shame you've moved on to bmw
Simple fact.. always choose the golf r or S3 etc.. the reason simple. Yea the type R is a track monster blah blah blah.. but 99% of their owners have a £299 a month lease deal and will never go to a track. And even if they did they would not be able to utilise the car as they are just Joe average. In the real world they will pull up to the lights and get spamked.. ps great vid luke
Well, I'm the owner of the Type R, and I mean the word "owner", cause its bought and paid for. Its been on track 3 or 4 times already, and I've held a Race National B license for almost 5 years, so I think I can get somewhere near the most out of it.
Also, while the Civic loses a 0-60 against the golf, it wins in literally any other race, such as rolling from 30 onwards, which is far more likely to happen in real life lol.
@@S18RSG well pointed out, your the 1% of its owners that can use the car as intended and does do track days but what off the other 99% who aren't racing drivers who do have a lease car and doesn't do track days....I think thats what Chris was saying buy a usable golf or s3
@@markrhoden68 hey Mark finally someone who sees my logic. I'm not knocking the Honda. But just in real world always the golf etc. SinRG is using the Honda as intended on a track and good he is as it's amazing. But for us normal drivers. I'd rather have my left foot chilled and zoom off in the sunset
@@S18RSG hey mate. It's great that someone like yourself is using the Honda as it's ment to on a track and can imagine it's amazing just always see the golf pull amazing off lights. It's ironic. As my escort is my baby and and taken me many years little by little to enjoy it on the road. Yet my wife's BMW i3s from 50 to 70 can is only half a second slower than a BMW M4. Crazy
@@chriscringle9263 thats all that matters to me, never gonna track a car so why have a track focused car, the only reason I had my current car which does have a practical boot and rear seats but the real reason was for the engine and gearbox.
Boot space and practicality aren't consideration for me, I like power, how it sounds and hopeful style. I get it some want track focused supermarket hotrods but most of them can't afford the type r so end up with a ST focus etc with a loud exhaust.
So who buys the type r?
Guys, why dont you take manual transmission for golf, the way you took for honda? :) this would make an enormous difference!
Because the Golf R offers an auto and the Honda doesn't. Blame Honda for that, not VW. He already conceded by not using launch mode, crybaby.
@@natelan69420 it does not matter what honda doesnt offer. It matters what in this case vw offers. And it offers golf r with manual transmission, now doesnt it, mr always right?
@@Detroit904 HAHAHA!!! GOLF R HAS DSG AND LAUNCH CONTROL!!! WIN!!!
@@natelan69420 oh well, another vw fanboy. Good luck with that :D vw maybe win, but u definitely LOSE!! :D
even with the manual trans, the golf R would still beat the type R do to all-wheel drive truthfully I was expecting the type r to win when he did not use lunch because of the hesitation of the golf R. the manual take out that hesitation and make it even quicker without lunch control. I want to test drive a type r when I was buying car honda lost my business when they said you can test drive it when you buy it. I will not buy any car without driving it first. I had test drove the Golf R and the Rs on the same day and went back and bought one the next day. I ended up with a Golf R. just because I was told by someone who works for ford not to go with the RS do to the engine issue with them and if I do autocross are the track I would be better off with the type R are golf R.
I will not say the person name do to protect him from losing his job.
Golf r vs scirocco r
Lease a Golf R. Own a Honda Type R. Get back to me after 3 years will see which one is more reliable. Hands down the Honda. I have both
it does not even compare - a completely different level - it would be a profanation of Honda .. golf is shit and rubbish forever and ever .. Honda is for smart people .. One Honda - Always Honda 👌👍
robas1k sold the oil leaking valve cover, non working AC, second gear grinding piece of junk Honda CTR after 6 months. Traded it in for real car. BMW M2 Competition. First Honda and last Honda I will ever own.
Great video but need to change the criteria in S2, as the Type R has more soul than the Golf R. TopTrumps figures are for the playground 🤣
Soul? The car looks like it was designed by a 10 year old
I meant driver experience, not looks, although that can also be part of the new criteria.
The reason there are not many Type R’s about is no-one wants one while they look like that. When I was looking around for a hot hatch I discounted the Type R immediately due to its looks even though its more dynamically involving than the Golf R.
I think what will bring you more interest and views are more performance oriented tests, like what carwow does. The downside …. you need a long private road or hire an airfield!
That's subjective isn't it really, I love the look of the fk8 whilst the r looks like a pumped up diesel !!
I bet you didn't test drive the type r because I suspect you would have a difference of opinion rather than being dismissive straight away. The fk8 is unreal on back roads, so more engaging than a point and squirt car !!
Another valid reason you don't see many, is they only made 8000 for the UK and worldwide only 40 thousand!! How many Golf r's are there on the roads, 🤔 🤣
Cool civic type r Guy 👍🏼
Type r much nicer....
Ewwwwwwwww.... You're blind, dumb and stupid.
Hes just winding you up. You can’t say it with a straight face
*ricer
Agree
nathan langford its called opinion!!!! That makes you a dumb dumb then dosent it??
Sometimes I like the type r but most the times I think did Lego build it 🙄👍
They did build one out of Lego. I've got the pics..lol
should be a doing a rolling race side by side instead of 0-60, the mpg figures is gonna be different every time of course so thats pretty pointless and doing a poll on your instagram where majority of your followers are golf r fanboys! how does this head2head make any sense?
Mifthaus Salehin instead of talking why don’t you make your own video and show Luke how it should be done? Nah thought not it’s easier to sit there and criticise lol.
If someone parked that Honda on my driveway, i would've sued them.
Power goes for golf R
Look goes for Honda type R
The twice goes for Mercedes A45 amg
Type r around a track or after 70mph mph the R blows the VW Golf R away.. This Video Proves horses for courses...
If only it was all race tracks between home and work...
me being in autocross and seeing both cars on equal tires the are within the noise on the track if you have equal drivers. the stock tire of the Golf R is crap the type r come with beater tire I wish I could see a fair comparison of the three hot hacths ( golf R, Focus RS, type R) all of them on the same tire be it cup 2 are any tire as long as they're the same.
@@kevinrotge4774 As a rabid Golf R owner, I expect the Honda to out perform the Golf on a dry autoX circuit.
I’m not being a hater here... but it’s defo set up for his car to win🤦🏼♂️, some test are unfair and the last test is pointless... it’s all gonna be VW fan bois let’s all be honest, and plus he’s now sold his Gold and got a bmw 😂
Parkers show both cars 38 mpg average so they are the same! So you never one on that one officialy....
You have better 0-60 honda has better top end!
Type r doesn’t have higher top end if the golf r is de restricted, will be same
won*
nathan langford unfair test golf dosent win on mpg👍
@@vincesplc NO SHIT SHERLOCK. I was correcting spelling, not history.
@Stephen Peacock I think you’ll find the Golf R does not go quite as fast as the CTR when derestricted I’m afraid.
I am so tired of hearing people pretending they like the looks of the civic...this thing is hideous ..it literally looks like a Toyota corolla that got deformed in production...it is a very ugly car I battle to understand what looks do nice on it ...my God the back is even worse it is like a Preus had a hybrid baby with a 2014 base model Nissan Almera which is also one ugly car you don't even know whether its coming or going, the back looks like the front and the front looks like the back...its unbelievable how ugly the Type are is IMHO
Them farts stink
You don't see a lot cos it's fucking horrible.
Type-R wins on looks, chalk and cheese these 2 cars
Ewwwww, god damn, you must be fucking blind.
Relentless Pursuit 🤢
Civic is the ugliest hatch currently on the market ! This is why you had a job finding one 🤷♂️
Why would you even put it up against the superior R ?
Water Gate 😂😂 superior r 🤦♂️🤷🏻♂️
D4rthvad3rr yep 👍
Superior 😂😂😂😂 u sure
Civic Type-R... Ugly car, but good car... If only you could drive blindfolded legally.
Pretty sure the civic would destroy a golf on track quite easily. Much better drivers car.
That type r is so ugly, sounds crap too
And that golf r sounds good yeah? 😂😂 Worst souding 4 cylinder on the market.
@@ItzD3fW1sH And Civic is the ugliest hot hatch of all-time.
@@natelan69420 to be honest I don't think people who own a civic care because the golf will be in the rear view 🤷♂️
@@ItzD3fW1sH Except not really.
@@natelan69420 right..so the Honda recording a 24 second faster nurburgring lap time than the R must mean you're right 😂🤦♂️ unfortunately your pcp golf is not the best car in the world.
The Honda is shit
Sorry but I hate those fookin Hondas