It's really gotta rustle a lot of jimmies that it beat a R8 V10. That and the focus RS literally is a modified econobox. The Type R is a heavy redesign of the civic platform, which starts like 7k more than the focus platform. This doesn't matter though, the times do. Type R was a full 20 seconds faster than the focus; also beating the GTR, all the Golfs, the Porsche 997 GT3 RS, and only beat by two cars from BMW. Car kicks ass when it comes to performance, there's no argument against it in that regard. *around the Nürburgring **production cars if that wasn't obvious
The audi r8 v10 FSI quattro ran a 7:44 flat around the ring, whereas the civic type R ran a 7:43:80. Not bad for a car with half the horsepower and "wrong wheel drive" And jordan....no. Just...no. The civic type R has a lightened and stiffened chassis, redesigned undercarriage, different welding/manufacturing techniques, and a different suspension set up, on top of all the bolt on goodies like coilovers and engine parts. The focus RS is the same car as the base but with cutaways for an additional diff and a driveline. But go ahead, keep bitching about how much you hate the looks, totally ignoring the fact that it beats the shit out of the more powerful and awd focus RS Also, there's kind of this "thing" about rice...if it works, it isn't rice, even if it looks bad. Lol, don't open your mouth if you don't wanna sound like a bitchy little child
You guys can't stand this car. Can't call it slow. Because it ran a 7:43.8 at the nurburgring. Making it faster than The Audi R8 V10, Pagani Zonda S, Porsche 997 Turbo, Corvette Z06, BMW M3 GTS, BMW M4, Mercedes SLS AMG, Mercedes C 63 Black Series, Lamborghini Murcielago, And yes... Even your precious Ford Focus RS got annihilated buy the Fk8 Type R. Not to mention you muscle car bros in your Mustang 5.0's, Camaro SS and Challenger Srts. So all you guys have left to fall back on is its looks. Calling it "ugly", "hideous", and the really funny part, "rice". And trying to discredit it because it's FWD, although it embarrassed most of your rwd, awd and 4wd heros... It's really pathetic how desperate the haters has gotten, to not admit that a Honda is faster than their overpriced, overly hyped, huge displacement heros. But here's the *facts*. This car is proving itself. Mustang bros and Corvette guys will not be keeping up with this thing on the back roads. And this car will get nothing but respect on the street and track.
Yeah, but it's ugly..is that something you'd be proud to step out of when you're driving to the grocery store? Or would you rather step out of an Audi R8?
You definitley have to see this in person to appreciate the looks. I saw this thing at last year's Paris Motor Show and it looked really good (I know it was the concept but still). Don't hate the looks until you see one in person. Don't call it rice either because it's way faster round the Nurburgring than your Corsa ;)
@xxBOUNTYxxHUNTER that Megane cost 50 grand though and went through a considerable weight shedding to beat the Civic's record by 3 seconds. Not to mention the rear seats were removed as well.
The FK2 was only the test bed for the new model they started testing it around 5 years ago The Fk2 had the shortest run of all the Type Rs and so we be the rarest of all the models
The FK2 debut in 2015. It was only a thing for about a year. That's crazy...it's the 4th Gen Type-R Civic, but this new one is a FK8 and it's the 5th gen already...
Jordan Hillard you're saying a production Honda with the first turboed engine from the factory isn't a new thing for Honda? And one where the entire car was built in a way to actually produce downforce isn't new? Hell, the even the new NSX is a new thing for Honda. Stfu.
"I" being the key here, its subjective but it looks like in general people don't find it very appealing, at least the back I can agree looks like shit but the front isn't too bad, much rather get an STi or M140i in all honesty
VersionBest, I have a friend who knows someone who is also blind. You two should meet soon. I'm only joking. For many people including myself, the car is too overly flashy with styling. Bit some people like it so power to them.
Nah.They are self-employed troll XD.Its mostly depends one the person taste tbh.As for me, I don't like this style,but I don't hate it either.Ricer looks is just a small price to pay for a 360 hp badass afterall.
It's the pro-German brigade. If it aint Merc, Audi, BMW or VW then it must be inferior. I actually own a Golf R (need the AWD) but I prefer the Type R as a sports car. Then again I'm open-minded and don't go with the in-crowd like some do.
Alex Thompson The fun thing is that they use the technoligy from F1 in their street cars... So we will see how reliable this thing will be after a while
Wisedom Spreading those are called Panes in case you didn't know anything about car design. But you can call them fake vents and sound stupid and unintelligent if you wish! 🤔
You're right about them objectively being panes. Still, I have a feeling that the designers wanted us to associate them with vents. At this point this is just my opinion and it has as much worth as you are willing to grant it.
The Type R has come so far. Good to see Honda still making the crazy, obnoxious, unconventional cars that most other manufacturers are now too scared to tackle. EDIT: Would greatly appreciate it if you guys checked out my channel and subbed/commented - I've got a Honda Integra DC2 and it's an incredible machine. Definitely embodies the older Honda spirit (wish it was a Type R lol)
Overdose On The Track I'm a huge subaru fan too. but subaru need to seriously up their game in power and performance. even this fk8 produces more power than the latest impreza sti
As a Golf R owner, if you lined up all the hot hatches and said pick one for a track it would be this car, no hesitation. Acceleration at junctions, roundabouts etc means the Golf R is more useful but I am under no illussions that the Type R is the daddy of Hot Hatches.
More power and AWD gives the RS an advantage in the wet or situations where you need maximum power at very low speeds (coming off a roundabout for instance). The Type R is much lighter which gives it a huge advantage on track, it can brake later, go round bends with more pace and can probably keep up with the RS once traction isn't an issue. Not a fan of the RS but for its price it is a great bargain and it comes with aftermarker power ups and exhaust which don't invalidate the warranty, wish VW did that.
JDMsweetness agreed. the old school vtecs hot hatches that feel of having something different. them drives around the b roads. its all changed now. feels like these new cars have no souls lol.
ibbyali2k9 They're shit mate, the guy presenting this said he would have an Ep3 over an fk2 that says it all! The fk2 has a torsion bar.😂 I'll stick with my ep3 JDM - chasing revs on a B road, can't beat that! The old type R's are real type R's especially the JDM ones. The old type R's are n/a and are true vtec and the very essence of the type R brand!
Puzzlemaniak absolutely agree with you. also you know if any issues with the old cars you pull your tool box out and fix it. now everything needs to go into a garage £££££
Not just the best FWD ever, one of the best cars ever. Probably the closest you can get to a 4 wheeled motorcycle, it's light, handles amazing pretty fast. The engine is buttery smooth and loves to rev despite having alot of torque. You can shift early or you can shift bouncing off the revlimiter.
70100 Kilometer nach 4.1/2 Jahren . Dieser Type R ist in seiner Klasse völlig unantastbar. Das Auto fährt sich wie am ersten Tag . Nicht ein einziges mal rumgezickt . Der Scheibenwischerintervall wie auch die Wischerdüsen sind absoluter Murks . Durchschnittsverbrauch mit Prügelattacken 1o,5 Liter Super Plus . Und das ist sehr hoch gerechnet . Sehr , sehr moderate Inspektionskosten . Perfekte Bremsen . Sagenhaftes Handling und . . . . . und Vollgasfest . Derzeit mein Fazit : Unverkäuflich
Am happy with mine, got it 4 months ago. I will go to the track this year for sure. It's my daily and it's also great on the snow. 18" for winter tires, the 20" are harder to the drive, but fine.
Being a 370z Nismo owner I can relate to some people saying your car is ugly for its "rice body kit" but I think the new type r looks great, and it's got the performance to back it up! If I had to go FWD I'd go with this bad boy!
Fire Blade you haven't watched enough of Alex's videos. The review on the Huracan was one of te best car reviews I've ever seen. It didn't have incredible shots and professional drifts but it was emotional. Alex is like a normal folk, humble and enthusiastic. Not everybody can drive like Chris Harris. Alex would be a great way to contrast personalities. While I love Chris Harris work to bits for his sensitivity, professionalism and sheer enthusiasm, I like Alex for his humility and resemblance with a normal dude who is just in love with cars. It's like putting one of us in there. Plus, of corse, they are both brutally honest in their different opinions. It would be fun to have them side by side discussing on the same cars. It would give us such a broad point of view. But that's just me, feel free to disagree
Driver7 Thats the problem, i have watched too many. This guy behaves like a kid, this channel is predominantly watched by a very young audience. I like humor but not so dumbed down, the jokes are spoon fed. Also this guy has no real knowledge of cars, not more than any petrol head. So what exactly qualifies him for top gear? The best car show out there. Now Chris Harris, thats a guy suited for Top Gear. Just my Opinion. No offense intended. Cheers
Jdm fanboy The engine is Dohc, exhaust has it's own cam and valves and thus can have a cam profile that can change the amount of exhaust flow depending on the rpm. The irony of your comment...
JDM Fanboy yeah it's true. It is a variable timing system, which when it hits VTEC, it changes the cam profile for the exhaust valve thus creating different timing (thus the name 'variable timing') for the valves opening and closing.
Most other English or European reviewers try their best not to like this car, trash it against Focus RS and VW Golf but this guy loves it and gives it the respect it deserves for being the latest coolest fastest FWD Nurburgring champion. Refreshing to see and great review.
lol even worse....those old crapturds were only good for economics, nothing else. even the golf 2 gti is pretty crap comparing it to Honda Civic i-vt 4th gen. I mean just look at the suspension of those two and you can see that golf was made for hauling cattle and nothin much else.
Whatever it's strong and reliable as fuck. I also have a 1957 Peugeot 403 but that's another story. + My golf is a First hand, pretty rare for a 28 years old car. Well, kinda since it was at my parents. I like it, it's a special serie "Memphis" with a special color, 2 doors and the 1.6L D, yep Diesel, make as much noise as a tractor, but it's almost 400 000km too and still run perfecly fine without any work on the engine it self. Not bad for a "Crap"
But I totally agree with that, I never thought my golf was the ultimate sport car, it's my old reliable simple and fun familly Golf mkII, I think it does about 56Hp, that stupidly underpowered. I'm not to intrested by "Sport" cars tbh. Or classic one maybe, I would to buy a 504 coupé V6. Yeah only 136hp but who cares. I don't think you need to be going 250 km/h to have fun with driving. Direct heavy steering and light weight cars is the best you can do for having fun in driving.
The guy literally said that the new one has reduced liftoff oversteer, and said that that was a good thing. Lift off oversteer is the entire fucking point of a hot hatch. Its what makes them fun.
I don't know why people calling this car ugly, this car is way cooler than other fwd cars like prius and other toyota, subaru, nissan etc etc cars. It has a great sporty look and it's not ugly haters. Nice work honda and keep going forward...
Better than Megane 275 Trophy but only just. Just test driven fk8 and have to admit it is better. Megane is more accurate on very tight turns but that is about it. All the other hot hatches dont even get close.
K9X Mysterious *sigh I know is Honda steps it's game up to RWD Honda stocks will fuckin BOOM with those sales as it would be legendary for drifting that's why I believe Nissan is 1st for me in terms of My favorite imports Honda being 2nd Toyota being 3rd
you're not the only one, I love the looks as well. (and so do a LOT of people, reading the comments) I had a civic I drove to about 500k kms and sold it... it apparently still roams the streets today, so yeah, if I buy a reliable fast car... this will be it ;)
I thought a ricer was someone who added unnecessary things to their car? Its my understanding that this Civic is all functional? I can just about get on board with the external look. But that playstationesque interior I couldn't live with day to day.
"It's brown." - James May.
"No it's orange" - Jeremy Clarkson.
"It's brown tho"
Saad Anwaar hi
Matthew Anderson XD
Saad Anwaar eggs dee
Matthew Anderson LEL
Saad Anwaar
Who said the third line? You or Richard Hammond?
awesome car but it's a Honda so everyone starts to hate it , if you're a petrol head you'll learn to respect every car
Sanul Wedaratne I liked the older Type-R's a lot more, this one is absolutely hideous.
Haha thank God there is someone who respects every car. Apart from prius
I agree but we do nit respect ricers. Im not saying this car is riced. Not at all. Every component has its purpose.
Exactly
I actually really like the looks. It is a bit over the top, but it is a sport car. Well done Honda!
I can't help but feel Honda was being at least a _little_ ironic in its design. Its so over-the-top.
You would think that they would at least get into the AWD game.
It's really gotta rustle a lot of jimmies that it beat a R8 V10. That and the focus RS literally is a modified econobox. The Type R is a heavy redesign of the civic platform, which starts like 7k more than the focus platform. This doesn't matter though, the times do. Type R was a full 20 seconds faster than the focus; also beating the GTR, all the Golfs, the Porsche 997 GT3 RS, and only beat by two cars from BMW. Car kicks ass when it comes to performance, there's no argument against it in that regard. *around the Nürburgring **production cars if that wasn't obvious
"It beat an Audi R8 V10". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Lets see the video of it racing the Audi, not just Honda's marketing bullshit.
The audi r8 v10 FSI quattro ran a 7:44 flat around the ring, whereas the civic type R ran a 7:43:80. Not bad for a car with half the horsepower and "wrong wheel drive"
And jordan....no. Just...no. The civic type R has a lightened and stiffened chassis, redesigned undercarriage, different welding/manufacturing techniques, and a different suspension set up, on top of all the bolt on goodies like coilovers and engine parts. The focus RS is the same car as the base but with cutaways for an additional diff and a driveline. But go ahead, keep bitching about how much you hate the looks, totally ignoring the fact that it beats the shit out of the more powerful and awd focus RS
Also, there's kind of this "thing" about rice...if it works, it isn't rice, even if it looks bad. Lol, don't open your mouth if you don't wanna sound like a bitchy little child
people complain about cars being boring and sterile. Honda makes this, something exciting and different. certainly not conventional. but bloody cool
Adam Pietryszyn I've always liked the civics I have owned. Wish they were like this one.
Adam Pietryszyn and edgy youtube kids still complain that this car is riced from the factory. Although everything in the type r is functional
Different? This is a FWD 4 cylinder turbo hatchback. Almost every manufacturer has these. Hardly different.
Mantenner for honda its different.
rockzs74r These kids come up with the dumbest excuses to shit on anything Honda puts out.
Oh, Hondas get way too much hate. Such lovely cars to drive.
take those stupid fucking glasses of n get a haircut m8
Nah. I like how I look. And the glasses are because it was bright out the day I got the photo taken, so I fail to see how they are "stupid"
These new hondas aren't lovely cars to drive, only old hondas are.
They're all pretty good actually.
UGU Zach I must say they make some nice lawnmowers
You guys can't stand this car. Can't call it slow. Because it ran a 7:43.8 at the nurburgring. Making it faster than The Audi R8 V10, Pagani Zonda S, Porsche 997 Turbo, Corvette Z06, BMW M3 GTS, BMW M4, Mercedes SLS AMG, Mercedes C 63 Black Series, Lamborghini Murcielago, And yes... Even your precious Ford Focus RS got annihilated buy the Fk8 Type R. Not to mention you muscle car bros in your Mustang 5.0's, Camaro SS and Challenger Srts.
So all you guys have left to fall back on is its looks. Calling it "ugly", "hideous", and the really funny part, "rice". And trying to discredit it because it's FWD, although it embarrassed most of your rwd, awd and 4wd heros... It's really pathetic how desperate the haters has gotten, to not admit that a Honda is faster than their overpriced, overly hyped, huge displacement heros. But here's the *facts*. This car is proving itself. Mustang bros and Corvette guys will not be keeping up with this thing on the back roads. And this car will get nothing but respect on the street and track.
Well said.
I do think the car is VERY ugly but to each their own. Can't deny the great performance it gives though.
i actionly like the looks!! it seems we are from a rare species down here 😂
It all goes back to ones maturity bud.
Yeah, but it's ugly..is that something you'd be proud to step out of when you're driving to the grocery store? Or would you rather step out of an Audi R8?
You definitley have to see this in person to appreciate the looks. I saw this thing at last year's Paris Motor Show and it looked really good (I know it was the concept but still). Don't hate the looks until you see one in person. Don't call it rice either because it's way faster round the Nurburgring than your Corsa ;)
and also video about a hot hatch with no handbrake turn
they have an electronic brake now :/
@xxBOUNTYxxHUNTER that Megane cost 50 grand though and went through a considerable weight shedding to beat the Civic's record by 3 seconds. Not to mention the rear seats were removed as well.
Is it just me or does it feel like the FK2 only came out last week?
I feel that too!!
Joell Mabe it's been out for years just never came to America
I'm not from the US. I remember the FK2 being developed and released, and it feels like yesterday.
The FK2 was only the test bed for the new model they started testing it around 5 years ago The Fk2 had the shortest run of all the Type Rs and so we be the rarest of all the models
The FK2 debut in 2015. It was only a thing for about a year. That's crazy...it's the 4th Gen Type-R Civic, but this new one is a FK8 and it's the 5th gen already...
People hate this car because it does things different. and people hate things that out of their comfort zone.
Jordan Hillard Yep I am talking about honda against other brands buddy.
Jordan Hillard you're saying a production Honda with the first turboed engine from the factory isn't a new thing for Honda? And one where the entire car was built in a way to actually produce downforce isn't new? Hell, the even the new NSX is a new thing for Honda. Stfu.
People hate this car because it's a knockoff subie
True, and faster on track
IAmTheMiilkman how can you hate a car if you didnt try it? It's just a trend for you guys to hate everything that Honda produces.
170mph from a daily Hatch! Amazing.
I actually like the way it looks. Not sure why people are complaining about the way it looks. Could be paid trolls.
"I" being the key here, its subjective but it looks like in general people don't find it very appealing, at least the back I can agree looks like shit but the front isn't too bad, much rather get an STi or M140i in all honesty
VersionBest, I have a friend who knows someone who is also blind. You two should meet soon.
I'm only joking. For many people including myself, the car is too overly flashy with styling. Bit some people like it so power to them.
Nah.They are self-employed troll XD.Its mostly depends one the person taste tbh.As for me, I don't like this style,but I don't hate it either.Ricer looks is just a small price to pay for a 360 hp badass afterall.
It's the pro-German brigade. If it aint Merc, Audi, BMW or VW then it must be inferior. I actually own a Golf R (need the AWD) but I prefer the Type R as a sports car. Then again I'm open-minded and don't go with the in-crowd like some do.
Ferrari GTO84 What a load of cack.
How can you be afraid to like something you either do or don’t.
It's not ugly, it's unique
mfazka it's like saying that someone is not retarded, they're special
Mohamed Elmasri Calling retarded people retarded is insulting to retarded people.
Haha is that what your mom calls you?
It's uniquely ugly.
ʇɐɥʍ lemme guess you're a prius driver
it's so refreshed and sexy. everyone says Honda is ricer territory. but this is just amazing
Jay ignorant and can't afford it who says it's ricer.
if only they made their f1 engines to this standard too...
***CRIES IN ALONSO***
Alex Thompson The fun thing is that they use the technoligy from F1 in their street cars... So we will see how reliable this thing will be after a while
***CRIES IN SENNA***
Johnny Walker If it would be as reliable as their F1-engines,mthe car would be scrap by the time they filmed that video.
If only they had as much time to tune and test their F1 engines as this one did.
Booked mine 6 months ago.....in white.....just got it about two weeks back.....man do I get stares down the road😂😂😂
It looks so much better than the model before
Homogenisierer wenigstens hat der fk8 Motorhaube und sieht nicht aus wie ein ei mit Rädern. das Heck is mir trotzdem ein Dorn im Auge
Der Alte sah mehr factory riced aus als der finde ich.
You know that's not true
I thought the previous model looked pretty ugly, especially the rear.
Homogenisierer still pretty (very) (phanomaly) ugly tough.
Personally I like the front end but I think the back is a bit busy.
back ends busy doing actual functional things
except for that huge, fake plastic vent on each side
Wisedom Spreading those are called Panes in case you didn't know anything about car design. But you can call them fake vents and sound stupid and unintelligent if you wish! 🤔
You're right about them objectively being panes. Still, I have a feeling that the designers wanted us to associate them with vents. At this point this is just my opinion and it has as much worth as you are willing to grant it.
Wisedom Spreading ok sorry i was a douche. My bad
The Type R has come so far. Good to see Honda still making the crazy, obnoxious, unconventional cars that most other manufacturers are now too scared to tackle.
EDIT: Would greatly appreciate it if you guys checked out my channel and subbed/commented - I've got a Honda Integra DC2 and it's an incredible machine. Definitely embodies the older Honda spirit (wish it was a Type R lol)
GutterRash Automotive Focus RS, WRX still, Focus RS.... I mean they were the last ones..
Raul Espinoza The new WRX is a joke TBH.
And the Focus RS is not really unconventional... And I love the WRX, but the new one barely gets a pass.
Overdose On The Track I'm a huge subaru fan too. but subaru need to seriously up their game in power and performance. even this fk8 produces more power than the latest impreza sti
Too scared?...More like too tasteful
As a Golf R owner, if you lined up all the hot hatches and said pick one for a track it would be this car, no hesitation. Acceleration at junctions, roundabouts etc means the Golf R is more useful but I am under no illussions that the Type R is the daddy of Hot Hatches.
KingSadim I'm a huge VW fan and I agree with you
KingSadim what about focus rs? That's faster isn't it?
Thanks for not attacking Hondas like everyone else does. Enjoy your Golf R.
I would choose the M140i everyday
More power and AWD gives the RS an advantage in the wet or situations where you need maximum power at very low speeds (coming off a roundabout for instance). The Type R is much lighter which gives it a huge advantage on track, it can brake later, go round bends with more pace and can probably keep up with the RS once traction isn't an issue. Not a fan of the RS but for its price it is a great bargain and it comes with aftermarker power ups and exhaust which don't invalidate the warranty, wish VW did that.
It’s a real hot hatch of course it’s gonna look like a rocket ship, rocket ships go fast for a reason.
Not really its a hot hatch.
This thing makes 36 mpg!!! What other 316 HP sports car makes 36 mpg?!?? Thats insaneeee
Rookie here.Whats is Mpg?
King Belial miles per gallon
King Belial lmao
@@issackaiser it means My Pussy Good?
What is 36mpg in the UK is less in the US because of the stupid imperial system
still gotta love the old Type R's.. ek9/ep3/integra DC2. like if agreed!
ibbyali2k9 they're the best type R's
JDMsweetness agreed. the old school vtecs hot hatches that feel of having something different. them drives around the b roads. its all changed now. feels like these new cars have no souls lol.
ibbyali2k9 They're shit mate, the guy presenting this said he would have an Ep3 over an fk2 that says it all! The fk2 has a torsion bar.😂 I'll stick with my ep3 JDM - chasing revs on a B road, can't beat that! The old type R's are real type R's especially the JDM ones. The old type R's are n/a and are true vtec and the very essence of the type R brand!
ibbyali2k9 I still have old ATR as daily drive and I agree, 8k+ revs from the past were sheer magic.
Puzzlemaniak absolutely agree with you. also you know if any issues with the old cars you pull your tool box out and fix it. now everything needs to go into a garage £££££
You pronouce "Lausitzring" perfectly, like a german!👍🏻 @Car Throttle
Paul Anderson Yea man would be awesome to hear him speaking German (if he can) as a German
Watch some of the older videos where he takes Phil to the Nurburgring. There's some parts in the video where he speaks german
He is half German
Nik Dos Santos i
Yeah, his English is really good for a German, too! :)
Not just the best FWD ever, one of the best cars ever. Probably the closest you can get to a 4 wheeled motorcycle, it's light, handles amazing pretty fast. The engine is buttery smooth and loves to rev despite having alot of torque. You can shift early or you can shift bouncing off the revlimiter.
The looks are growing on me. Hated it at first.
Same
Alex, you didn't drive the car properly, when you drive a Honda, you have to hit the revlimiter for at least 3 seconds before changing gear...
3 seconds is too much... It is 3 rev limit lock sounds....and then change the gear
I just bought a 2019 CTR in Blue, I wanted a great drivers car and it hits all the check boxes ...I Love it.
Hell yeah I got a 2021 fk8. It’s an amazing car.
type r looks awesome
If Gundam or Macross or whatever other mecha would be a car, I think it would look kinda like this.
4sho
Absolutely.
i think thats one of the reasons i fell in love with the type r
THE DESIGN IS PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
Integra type R is still best FWD for me.
Xddd Jo i was gonna say that. Integra Type R and Volkswagen Corrado are the best FWD cars ever made
Xddd Jo in terms of handling
LOL since when was the Corrado a good handling car?
MrZyLeXx i have heard that it was, but obviously am not 100%. the Integra is still the best handling FWD car though
So you're saying the integra would handle better than the FK8?
I'm so stoked to finally have a Civic Type R being sold in the US!
Beautifully amazing car. Will ALWAYS be criticized for being fwd. It is what it is.
civic haters = prius drivers lol
Civic haters = people with eyes *lol*
truth
Civic lover=fugly rice lover
And butthurt Chevy fans
Nailed it!!! XD
Why can't we just call it one of the best sports cars ever? It just happens to be FWD.
70100 Kilometer nach 4.1/2 Jahren . Dieser Type R ist in seiner Klasse völlig unantastbar. Das Auto fährt sich wie am ersten Tag . Nicht ein einziges mal rumgezickt . Der Scheibenwischerintervall wie auch die Wischerdüsen sind absoluter Murks . Durchschnittsverbrauch mit Prügelattacken 1o,5 Liter Super Plus . Und das ist sehr hoch gerechnet . Sehr , sehr moderate Inspektionskosten . Perfekte Bremsen . Sagenhaftes Handling und . . . . . und Vollgasfest . Derzeit mein Fazit : Unverkäuflich
This Type R looks so aggressive!👌🏼
Can this really beat M3s on a track? That's incredible.
Sleepers yes, and a load more cars that are a lot more more expensive.
Am happy with mine, got it 4 months ago. I will go to the track this year for sure. It's my daily and it's also great on the snow. 18" for winter tires, the 20" are harder to the drive, but fine.
That is one awesome car. Great video editing too!
grey is best to show the red lines
Looked rock steady at 170mph too! Downforce helping for sure at that speed.
It looks a little overdone, but I rather like the style
It has a Mickey Mouse exhaust 0o0
I guess MCM and the 88's were onto something!
The bonnet scoop is good for one thing only, dumping copious amounts of water into the battery tray. It's for styling only.
Jesus drove a ep3 into Jerusalem
I think the hate on the looks is starting to become a meme at this point, hating it just because its popular.
Track weapon is an apt description of this car. Honda does it again. 👍🏻
I love the design
Fk2 Rear > Fk8 Rear but Fk2 front < Fk8 Front
Being a 370z Nismo owner I can relate to some people saying your car is ugly for its "rice body kit" but I think the new type r looks great, and it's got the performance to back it up! If I had to go FWD I'd go with this bad boy!
I hope they remove the fake rear vents when they do a mid cycle refresh. That will greatly improve the rear look of this car.
If they were real would you complain or are you just held up because they don't have enough purpose for you?
Type R 💪💪💪
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Finally some positivity about its looks in the comments
Very awesome and wonderful car and Its been a dream of mine to get one
Man ive had a honda all my life...wish i could afford one of these :(
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Probably another model we will miss out on in Australia. We want cars like this !
Now watch my VTEC pop !
One day they'll figure out a good design for the back of this car
SA really hope they do. i have a fn2 and from that year (including fn2) all the rear ends looked bad for me.
SA I think it looks good. Better than the FK2 for me, as it's like the regular Civic.
Got to love Honda cars are made so well
Alex Kersten has the potential to save TopGear with Chris Harris in a future line up.
Driver7 This fuck cant do top gear. Top Gear is class.
Fire Blade you haven't watched enough of Alex's videos. The review on the Huracan was one of te best car reviews I've ever seen. It didn't have incredible shots and professional drifts but it was emotional. Alex is like a normal folk, humble and enthusiastic. Not everybody can drive like Chris Harris. Alex would be a great way to contrast personalities. While I love Chris Harris work to bits for his sensitivity, professionalism and sheer enthusiasm, I like Alex for his humility and resemblance with a normal dude who is just in love with cars. It's like putting one of us in there. Plus, of corse, they are both brutally honest in their different opinions. It would be fun to have them side by side discussing on the same cars. It would give us such a broad point of view. But that's just me, feel free to disagree
Driver7 Thats the problem, i have watched too many. This guy behaves like a kid, this channel is predominantly watched by a very young audience. I like humor but not so dumbed down, the jokes are spoon fed. Also this guy has no real knowledge of cars, not more than any petrol head. So what exactly qualifies him for top gear? The best car show out there. Now Chris Harris, thats a guy suited for Top Gear.
Just my Opinion. No offense intended. Cheers
Your English is pretty well for a German guy. Almost accent free, well done great review. No I really want to have this car.
Andreas Lehmann he's British
Lmao "almost accent free"
So you're saying this Brit sounds slightly German?
This car brings a new term to life, hyper hatch. Well said in the description, fits REALLY well to this sort of thing. Love it!!
Looks awesome to me tbh
'What were they called? A GameBoy..?' *look of disgust*
Who even are you?
Thank you for saying miles per hour. You are the only British reviewer to have done this. Great video, I get my 2019 Type R in June and am so excited.
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Shingo vs guardrail
VTEC didn't kick in yo
yeah it did, The new Type R still has exhaust VTEC
It only changes the cam profile for the exhaust, and not for the intake (well since it got a turbo for pushing air into the engine)
Marc Fransen exhaust vtec?? Vtec is an variable engine timing system... 🤦♂️ this is why Honda owners get so much hate.
Jdm fanboy The engine is Dohc, exhaust has it's own cam and valves and thus can have a cam profile that can change the amount of exhaust flow depending on the rpm. The irony of your comment...
JDM Fanboy yeah it's true. It is a variable timing system, which when it hits VTEC, it changes the cam profile for the exhaust valve thus creating different timing (thus the name 'variable timing') for the valves opening and closing.
Most other English or European reviewers try their best not to like this car, trash it against Focus RS and VW Golf but this guy loves it and gives it the respect it deserves for being the latest coolest fastest FWD Nurburgring champion. Refreshing to see and great review.
Waiting for the Megane to have something to compete with this
I'm pretty sure the Integra Type R is the best FWD car.
Rodrigo Matos ek9 is still king
I love the look of the front end of this FK8.
I have math final tomorrow but fuck it!
Weblider Damn school ends late for you
college*
Weblider college is a form of school (.-.)
What's with the color grading? The car looks orange
Finally a civic that looks good
I'm colourblind and really confused. What colour is it?
Buggy Bugson grey
i would cut off that middle exhaust...its not a 458 honda😐
Iam german and i must admit, you spelled lausitzring 100% perfect.
nah m8 600hp eg hatch ls/vtec 6262 40 psi vape vape vape brooo
Alex Thompson You own an eg hatch that runs 40lbs of boost? And makes 600hp? I call bullshit, unless you can tell me how big the turbo is.
nah i was being sarcastic, besides the size of the turbo is in the og comment
Meh, I prefer my Golf :3
Not really since it's from 1989. Not even powerfull, but it's fun to drive.
My father's '92 Civic is fun to drive too.
lol even worse....those old crapturds were only good for economics, nothing else. even the golf 2 gti is pretty crap comparing it to Honda Civic i-vt 4th gen. I mean just look at the suspension of those two and you can see that golf was made for hauling cattle and nothin much else.
Whatever it's strong and reliable as fuck. I also have a 1957 Peugeot 403 but that's another story.
+ My golf is a First hand, pretty rare for a 28 years old car. Well, kinda since it was at my parents. I like it, it's a special serie "Memphis" with a special color, 2 doors and the 1.6L D, yep Diesel, make as much noise as a tractor, but it's almost 400 000km too and still run perfecly fine without any work on the engine it self. Not bad for a "Crap"
But I totally agree with that, I never thought my golf was the ultimate sport car, it's my old reliable simple and fun familly Golf mkII, I think it does about 56Hp, that stupidly underpowered. I'm not to intrested by "Sport" cars tbh. Or classic one maybe, I would to buy a 504 coupé V6. Yeah only 136hp but who cares. I don't think you need to be going 250 km/h to have fun with driving. Direct heavy steering and light weight cars is the best you can do for having fun in driving.
I usually hate city cars like the civic but this for some reason I absolutely am loving right now
Very kind of Honda to rice it for you in the factory before you buy
cbass either you don't know what rice mean or you didn't watch the part about how everything is functional
cbass a 300+ hp, 170 mph ricer?
I wish Honda would stop paying channels to shill a Civic
The guy literally said that the new one has reduced liftoff oversteer, and said that that was a good thing. Lift off oversteer is the entire fucking point of a hot hatch. Its what makes them fun.
"I NEEEEEDDDD IIIITTTTT!!!!" If I can afford this I'll get it next year when I finish OTA school. If I can't I get an AP1 S2.
Did you get it?
cough cough Volkswagen Golf GTI CLUBSPORT S
Joel Ripley the fk8 smoked that shit
Western diamond back Rattlesnake it wasn't a stock car technically though cos they put none oem tires on it
Joel Ripley get over it VW Ford and Subaru can hold the L
Awd rallying Honda Civic ?
Come on Honda get with the program anything but fwd!
Thay wood sell all of them
M&R Tuning Honda fwd isn't really bad heck I enjoy awd and fwd from me vehicles
Lloyde Turner you can do that with pretty much any drivetrain layout....
No rwd you have to be careful when you let off the throttle and rear stepping out. All drivetrain behave differently but all move the car forward
that has more to do with how the suspension is set up rather than drivetrain
I don't know why people calling this car ugly, this car is way cooler than other fwd cars like prius and other toyota, subaru, nissan etc etc cars. It has a great sporty look and it's not ugly haters. Nice work honda and keep going forward...
i love honda. you can build a 700hp civic with ebay parts under 15k dollars (boostedboiz red hatch)
jaakko200987654321 you can't polish a turd
Joel Ripley 700hp turd
jaakko200987654321 if I get a shit heap house in a rough are but put a nice radiator in it, it's still gonna be a shit heap
Joel Ripley aesthetics isn't necessarily what he's aiming at
Microwave so? i never said its the best way to make 700 or more whp with 15k
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Better than Megane 275 Trophy but only just. Just test driven fk8 and have to admit it is better. Megane is more accurate on very tight turns but that is about it. All the other hot hatches dont even get close.
FWD still!?
K9X Mysterious *sigh I know is Honda steps it's game up to RWD Honda stocks will fuckin BOOM with those sales as it would be legendary for drifting that's why I believe Nissan is 1st for me in terms of My favorite imports Honda being 2nd Toyota being 3rd
@@felixgutierrez993 honda dont do drifting they do racing. They gave us the s2000 a fun racey car and the nsx an amazing car.
@@TheCornishGingerOfficial S2000 is amazing for drift but that NSX is straight raceing
Nice wrx
so just because it has a turbo and a hood scoop it's automatically a subaru? lol gtfo
Psychic9008 if it was blue it wouldve looked exactly like a subaru
you're not the only one, I love the looks as well. (and so do a LOT of people, reading the comments)
I had a civic I drove to about 500k kms and sold it... it apparently still roams the streets today, so yeah, if I buy a reliable fast car... this will be it ;)
YESSS Honda finally made a stock ricer
David Feder "stock ricer" You really don't know what a ricer is...
David Feder stock? Then ricer? Im confused
Riced from factory people like to call it
Haters gonna be hater
I want to this car, but I can't get past the hot mess styling...
I bought an NA Miata yesterday for 3300€ and it's a blast! No need for expensive new digital cars
Not the best looking car, i'd say...
is that an suv?
5 doors Hatchback 😉
It looks better than most other regular cars on the road so I'm not complaining
Pre-riced from factory.
Zack rice is healthy rice is good!!! Eat it and enjoy it
This is some damn good rice
I thought a ricer was someone who added unnecessary things to their car? Its my understanding that this Civic is all functional? I can just about get on board with the external look. But that playstationesque interior I couldn't live with day to day.
Daniel Williams Some parts isn't functional but it is still cool
look a gasking fanboy