Civic Type R is coming!

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Originally Posted by denot

by the way, the CTR will only be release around 1000 units here in Oz... ^_^ And if many ppl are demanding more of the sedan, Honda might bring them here as well in 2 years or so... (this is after I ask a Honda dealer, no 100% confirmation though)

Also he sed that Honda was going to bring the Civic Hatchback instead of CTR Hatchback. And the price of the Civic Hatchback is almost the same as the CTR, thats why they cancel it and bring the CTR instead

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Yeh if people are willing to wait for 2 years or so. Pretty sure something better will be out by that time.

every uk magazine even topgear say this car is the hot hatch king!!!

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Originally Posted by sitta

every uk magazine even topgear say this car is the hot hatch king!!!

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i'm not saying this car is not good, but for AUD 40k+, for hatch i think it's too expensive.we have a lot of choices (more lux,more power,more sporty).but if we see this car alone, wow, i will say very GOOD!impresive!:thumbsup:
if this hatch for sale about 20k+ or 30k-, i will sale car+plasma+fridge+washing machine to make money to buy this car:D
of course, UK mag will say good, because this is theirs car! is ever ausie mag said bad about holden? even they gave title : car of the year:eek:

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Originally Posted by dmx

i'm not saying this car is not good, but for AUD 40k+, for hatch i think it's too expensive.we have a lot of choices (more lux,more power,more sporty).but if we see this car alone, wow, i will say very GOOD!impresive!:thumbsup:
if this hatch for sale about 20k+ or 30k-, i will sale car+plasma+fridge+washing machine to make money to buy this car:D
of course, UK mag will say good, because this is theirs car! is ever ausie mag said bad about holden? even they gave title : car of the year:eek:

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haha so true!! but you will never know until you can drive it

Two cool clips i found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbfGjVSvn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9s9cdmvKQ

But I prefer this CTR though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBRbCrqMQB4

Stig loves the car, he chose the CTR over the other Hot hatches. Its not about how fast you go its about how fun the car is when you drive it, the CTR didn't do to well around the track compared to the other hatches he purely chose it because it was fun to drive.

If you look at last years top gear, GTI won the car of the year award because it was fun disregarding the lap time against other hatches. If you want a racing car then you are better off getting another car other then this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOfwwbbfb8&NR=1

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Originally Posted by krazibone

Stig loves the car, he chose the CTR over the other Hot hatches. Its not about how fast you go its about how fun the car is when you drive it, the CTR didn't do to well around the track compared to the other hatches he purely chose it because it was fun to drive.

If you look at last years top gear, GTI won the car of the year award because it was fun disregarding the lap time against other hatches. If you want a racing car then you are better off getting another car other then this.

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riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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Originally Posted by MKI4EVA

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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Point being?

This is his point...and it's so very true.
People on top gear are bias towards UK built cars.

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Originally Posted by dmx

of course, UK mag will say good, because this is theirs car! is ever ausie mag said bad about holden? even they gave title : car of the year:eek:

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Just a hypothetical, what if the JDM CTR was the hatch with 162kW, while the UKDM one was the 147kW sedan. Would you still want the sedan then?

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Interesting hypothetical.

If you were to say that "a" JDM CTR hatch had the following attributes;

- mechanical LSD
- independant rear suspension
- light weight. Let's face it, 1300+ kgs (with a/c) is NOT light for a 3 door hatch in absolute terms (relative to the competition - maybe).
- 50% greater torsional rigidity than a JDM DC5R
- "considered" engineering touches (e.g. lowering the seat height to lower centre of gravity to offset the MPV-like body etc etc etc and all the other detailed changes we expect for a true "Type R")

...then the answer would be YES. I probably would prefer the hatch.

Too bad that none of those attributes exist for this UK CTR we're getting.

If Honda Australia can bring the JDM CTR sedan then I would buy it, as it would be the only car that Honda Australia could (potentially) make available to us that is worthy of being a replacement for the DC2R - the only true Type R experience that us Aussies have been able to purchase from a dealer.

I think for honda australia to bring in any type R is definately a good cause...the reason being that they needed a hot hatch to compete against the GTI, focus, etc, not a hot sedan as the JDM civic is