Quote Originally Posted by Philip Lee View Post
a uk mag EVO ran the FN2 with the competition. i recalled it was pretty much lineballed with manual Golf GTI and i would imagine GTI is faster than DC2R? i'm not sure tho.
The FN2R was designed by Honda's UK Division to place Hot Hatch into the market, if they do this... they need a well established name, hence they just slapped on a typeR badge instead of naming it a sporty civic to gain the attention of the Hot Hatch Buyers, most of them grew through the EK9 and DC2R era. Incase you didn't know, Europeans love Hot Hatches (Golf GTi, Astra SRiT, Megane Sport... etc).

But a typeR philosophy is a car that is designed so you can drive off the showroom and straight onto a track, something which the FN2R was not supposed to do, whereas the FD2R is perfectly capable off.

I'm not saying the FN2R is a shit car... it drives a crap load better than a regular FD and is on par with many hot hatches on the market, but it isn't a fully bred typeR like how a typeR is meant to be. Remember, Hot Hatches are supposed to be quick, for zippy around country roads, but not on tracks.

If you asked me honestly, I would think the FN2R is not worthy of the real typeR badge if it was defined under the Japanese way.