The Type R badge makes a return to Australia

[MITCHAY]

Stumbled across this on another forum and thought it would be worthy of a mention. I'm guessing a competitor to the XR5 and such? I'm guessing though it might be priced out of the game. Time will tell I suppose.

Anyways I thought it looked hot as. 148kw from a N/A 2lt i-VTEC engine. Only 20kw less than my WRX and that's turbocharged! The same power level as the older Integra Type R and hooked up to a 6spd manual.

http://www.caradvice.com.au/1723/hon...for-australia/

This isn’t even a Japanese car, the Type R is British! Built at Honda’s Swindon plant in Wiltshire, the Civic Type R is a cult car in the UK, with its massive popularity ensuring over 500 customer orders – or 10% of the entire year’s sales run – before the official British launch date of March 1st.

VTEC kicked in y0 :