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should have stopped here with the civics!
Aye but only arse holes have Hondas
I love Hondas but that made me giggle.
mcmurray
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Didn't have a long lifespan. Production now finished.
The final 100 models will be called the 'Black Edition' and round off a run of 2500 UK models.
AutoExpress: Honda Civic Type R Black Edition ends Mk9 Civic production
The final 100 models will be called the 'Black Edition' and round off a run of 2500 UK models.
AutoExpress: Honda Civic Type R Black Edition ends Mk9 Civic production
acsmyth
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Looks wise it's already aged poorly and it's only a year old.
Can see them being picked up very cheap in years to come.
Can see them being picked up very cheap in years to come.
mike150
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When its up against the Focus RS and Golf R at the same price is it any wonder it hasn't sold well. It needed to be £25,000
But then you can get a Golf Clubsport ed40 (not the S) at over £32k....
mike150
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But a Golf isn't a Honda
The Golf looks grown up. The Civc R looks embarrassing to mature people with it's OTT bodykit
There's a fair number of people who still like their performance with a bit of the mad looks though, would've thought it would have found its home with them. Whereas the golf is just a tweaked GTI, with a golf R on one side, Clubsport S on another, and a Cupra290 on another still.
mike150
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Honda made a mistake trying to turn the car into something that would suit a Fast and Furious film, most people don't want to own something like that.
The real killer was that the concept had some lovely details, and nice smooth arches. Then they went and made the released car all transformer-style edges!
Lots of mixed opinions on these. With that said, most owners I've heard of have loved them. Evo ran one as a fleet car for a while there and whilst the guy didn't have it as his first choice by any stretch of the imagination, he ended up liking it a lot.
56oval
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Its a tough gig, when the ek9 was replaced by the ep3 the fanboys shed a tear, many tears, but in reality the ep3 made a great fist of it in its class when it was launched, way back when you could run rings around vw's bloated flagship R32 on a dailly basis the ep3 cemented its share of the market with ease. The birth of the superhatch set the cat amongst the pigeons and honda were too slow off the mark in sending the fn2 out with the k20 in a marketplace that was leaving it behind. You only have to look at fn2 prices vs ep3 to know which one will hold a candle in years to come. If the Fn2 was to be Hondas naturally aspirated hot hatch swan song they should have rolled out a lightweight 250 bhp limited number, they didnt and thats the end of it ** edit!! The Mugen was pretty much this but at near 40 grand uptake was low 16 units sold in the uk and by then it was too late. Now they have finally caught up and entered the super hatch party by all accounts they made a decent job of it in performance and handling stakes, the exterior is the toughest call, vw's R32 looked like it was so much more than the ep3 all those years back, now it looks like the rolls have somewhat reversed a smidge. If this was their first attempt at a superhatch surely the next incarnation will be a peach rather than dare i say an eaton mess ( which i like )
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56oval
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Yeah because 250 in a Honda always made swift progress.
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Traction,
back of the net ive moved 500 yards!!
Haha, only now it's brrrrriipppppp-TISSSSHHHH!