Quote Originally Posted by Nairda View Post
I will forever have hate for Honda UK and swindon just for that.....And have hate for Honda Australia for deciding that we should have the UK version over the JDM version.....malaysia...of ALL countries...gets local distribution of the JDM FD2R...FML
They got it because the site owner of asia.vtec.net spoke to Takeo Fukui, the CEO of Honda Japan when he visited Sepang for the F1 race. He asked for the Type R to be sold there. Then he also spoke to the Honda Malaysia side and lobbied for the Type R for 2 years. If you want to read it, check out the section "Light At The End Of The Tunnel" on http://asia.vtec.net/Reviews/8GCivicRLaunch/index.html

In Australia, no one organised a proper lobby/petition/letter to Honda Australia for the FD2R.