We just may get the JDM CTR in Australia.

Look Sooo Nice~!! would love hav a fd2R

man that car is sex on wheels.......

am i allowed to say sex here? lol

all the kiddies here go away:p

A very interesting article about what has been going on in Malaysia to get their FD2R;

http://asia.vtec.net/Reviews/8GCivicRLaunch/index.html

Some points of interest;

- The provision for the Aus spec DC5R at the factory had paved the way for Malaysia to consider a DC5R for their own market, but ultimately, in the 12th hour the pin was pulled. Maybe Malaysia's efforts in building a Malaysian model FD2R at the factory will pave the way for us to get the FD2R, if so, THANKS in advance!

- History about their refusal to accept the AUS spec DC5R in the Malaysian market, despite wanting a "Type R" at the time...although it seems that they wanted the JDM car, or nothing at all. Great attitude! (no sarcasm intended as I believe that you get what you settle for - and we shouldn't settle for a dilution of Honda's best efforts).

- It only took a survey of 6 Type R owners to make up a part of "completely thorough market research"(?!) to serve as a catalyst for the decision to be made to bring the FD2R over there, surely there would be a wider captive audience in Aus if Honda AUS/Japan wanting any convincing that there would be enough interested parties here!.

- There is a domestic series of racing in Malaysia which were campaigning Honda's cars, which is further mileage for Type R awareness. I don't think there is any official (4 wheeled) racing that Honda are involved in in Aus (not that I'm aware of anyway).

- Various mods that were made to comply for Malaysia, thankfully, none to the guts of the hardware.

- Notes about the fuel issues given Malaysia also does not have access to RON-100 fuel.

- Despite the exorbitant cost of these cars in Malaysia (esp relative to the average wage), they estimated that they would only sell 60 per annum. So far, they've sold 50 in the first month, currently with a 6 month waiting list.

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Originally Posted by slipangle

A very interesting article about what has been going on in Malaysia to get their FD2R;

http://asia.vtec.net/Reviews/8GCivicRLaunch/index.html

Some points of interest;

- The provision for the Aus spec DC5R at the factory had paved the way for Malaysia to consider a DC5R for their own market, but ultimately, in the 12th hour the pin was pulled. Maybe Malaysia's efforts in building a Malaysian model FD2R at the factory will pave the way for us to get the FD2R, if so, THANKS in advance!

- History about their refusal to accept the AUS spec DC5R in the Malaysian market, despite wanting a "Type R" at the time...although it seems that they wanted the JDM car, or nothing at all. Great attitude! (no sarcasm intended as I believe that you get what you settle for - and we shouldn't settle for a dilution of Honda's best efforts).

- It only took a survey of 6 Type R owners to make up a part of "completely thorough market research"(?!) to serve as a catalyst for the decision to be made to bring the FD2R over there, surely there would be a wider captive audience in Aus if Honda AUS/Japan wanting any convincing that there would be enough interested parties here!.

- There is a domestic series of racing in Malaysia which were campaigning Honda's cars, which is further mileage for Type R awareness. I don't think there is any official (4 wheeled) racing that Honda are involved in in Aus (not that I'm aware of anyway).

- Various mods that were made to comply for Malaysia, thankfully, none to the guts of the hardware.

- Notes about the fuel issues given Malaysia also does not have access to RON-100 fuel.

- Despite the exorbitant cost of these cars in Malaysia (esp relative to the average wage), they estimated that they would only sell 60 per annum. So far, they've sold 50 in the first month, currently with a 6 month waiting list.

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:thumbsup:good post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgYBL8IET4

fn2r vs fd2r

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Originally Posted by d15z1SUX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgYBL8IET4

fn2r vs fd2r

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JDM CTR won by 3 secs !!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
it's time to bring this car onshore :honda::honda:

yeh it totally kicks butt lol

lol, that chick kicks ass too.....she'd prob whoop me around a track....
but then again her driving position is funny....so close

back to topic, fd2r is a mile ahead of fn2r......3seconds on a small track but imagine if that race took place on a larger track, the gap would have been way more.

should stop bringing in uk's and start bringing in some FD2R

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Originally Posted by BusterSonic12

should stop bringing in uk's and start bringing in some FD2R

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unfortunately that's not going to happen in the short term i guess.

they would probably have signed a contract to bring 1200 FN2 in and demand for FD2 is far over supply.

Honda video: FD2 driven by drift king

http://www.honda.co.jp/CIVICTYPE-R/t...suchiya-impre/

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Originally Posted by Philip Lee

Honda video: FD2 driven by drift king

http://www.honda.co.jp/CIVICTYPE-R/t...suchiya-impre/

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Great find!

Can someone with an understanding of Japanese interpret some of the points he makes?

Another interesting thing about the TOV article was Honda R&D's decision making in Japan being fairly independent of the marketing department (or at least less influenced by the bean counters/marketing to the extent of how they (R&D) believe how a Type R performance car should be made). I'm quite inclined to believe that given how the FD2R turned out!