Civic Type R to come to Oz?

[McChook]

now that honda have said they arnt gonna sell the ITR in aus do u think there is more of a chance that they will bring the CTR over?

Nope, and for the same reasons - petrol, cost, buyers

[Speeder]

i know the newest CTR are made in england so if it does land in oz, the price would probably be more then a ITR which makes no scense to me.

[bizee_1]

well i was thinking, if there is no Type-R, no Prelude,
what performance car from Honda is gonna be under the $75K S2000 ? Honda Accord Euro R ??

im

[Setanta]

Honda don't care about niche markets in Australia. The CTR is an enthusiast's car and they ruined the enthusiast market with the detuned DC5 "not-an-ITR"

Face it, Accords and CRVs are Honda Australia's bread and butter, they make more money flogging those than having to worry about service and support of a car few people will buy.

We have NEVER got the top model Civic or 'teg or anything else - right back to the 70s when we missed out on the Civic RS1200. 80's 2G "S", '84 Si, '89 SiR, '92 SiR, '96 SiR (VTiR came close but wasn't the same as its JDM EK4 cousin) or CTR...the list goes on. Honda Aust just doesn't care - they wont even help people who private import cars not in their line-up - whereas Honda NZ will.

Cliffs notes: Honda Australia sucks

[JINRAI]

Honda don't care about niche markets in Australia. The CTR is an enthusiast's car and they ruined the enthusiast market with the detuned DC5 "not-an-ITR"

Cliffs notes: Honda Australia sucks

Really come on...what do you mean its not an ITR?! What is it then!?!?

[SiR]

Really come on...what do you mean its not an ITR?! What is it then!?!?

ITR by name, not by nature.

[SiR]

I would definitely trade my Civic for a CTR or Accord Euro R if either of them made their way over here.

[JINRAI]

By name and not by nature....it just has different specs! think most people need to get over it....and the worst thing is the actual owners don't seem to be complainin as much...

[wyl03]

and why would they be complaining after splurging $40+ Ks?

[gelo]

By name and not by nature....it just has different specs! think most people need to get over it....and the worst thing is the actual owners don't seem to be complainin as much...

different specs....
if i put a recaro interior and badged my car differently
its still not a civic type R is it

[JINRAI]

different specs....
if i put a recaro interior and badged my car differently
its still not a civic type R is it

That's totally diff, that's definitely not a Type-R...The Aus-spec Type-R is a Type R, it's just not a Jap-Spec one, it's as simple as that...btw, Recaros and badges didn't have to be fitted from stock therefore it is a Type R

[JINRAI]

and why would they be complaining after splurging $40+ Ks?

better than CXI's splurging 10-15K to convert to CTRs.....