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The Honda Civic Type R is one of the fastest front wheel drive hatchback money can buy now. Packing a 306bhp 2.0-litre four cylinder turbocharged engine, the hot hatch is able to dispense the century sprint in a brisk 5.7 seconds. But if you put it against its supercar sibling, the hybrid all wheel drive 573bhp NSX, how will it do? Auto Express has the answer for you in the video below. With a five second headstart to make things even, the result is not one you will expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1jZBBXEmY

Car throttle took three of the fastest hatchbacks to a small track to find out which would clock the quickest time between all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive. Representing the all-wheel drive class is the widely-acclaimed Ford Focus RS while the front-wheel drive weapon chosen by the team is the Honda Civic Type R. We wonder why they didn't choose the Volkswagen Golf Clubsport S instead... Lastly, the new BMW M140i, which has just landed on our shores, is the rear-wheel drive representative. Hot hatch enthusiasts will probably be able to guess the outcome of the test since the course is wet. Nevertheless, it is still a decently entertaining video to watch if you have sometime to burn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d2DUx1oMnw

*Posting on behalf of a friend* Appealing for witnesses or video feed of an errant silver grey Honda Civic and a white Volvo V60 along Beach Road at 6.30pm today, Feb the 12th. The accident happened infront of the U turn of 324 Beach Road. The Honda Civic cut three lanes and side swiped the Volvo V60. Unfortunately there was no in car camera and as my friend came out to ask a bystander to be a witness, the bloody Honda Civic driver escaped and drove away. Could not get his number plate in time. If anyone has a video feed of the Honda Civic, please pm me. Thanks!

Visited KM showroom, cant decide which to book as they have their pros n cons and price diff only abt 1k. For a family with two teenagers, which will be a better choice? Anyone which has the same situation as me? Appreciate all the advises. Sorry for the typo error, should be Honda instead of Hinda.

If you find the new Honda Civic Type R's boot space too small but still fancy the car, the guys at Synchro Motorsport might have the solution for you. The folks there, who describe themselves as "a voluntary team based at Honda's Factory in Swindon" have successfully transplanted a FK2 Civic Type R's engine and gearbox into a Civic Tourer. So what you have now in this menacing matt black wagon is the full 306bhp and 400Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, the six-speed gearbox and most of suspension bits from the Type R. We wonder how it drive as compared to the hatch... To make sure the car looks as fast as it goes, the wagon also receives the full Type R front and rear look. Sadly, Honda has no plans to bring this Type R wagon to life as a production car.

Honda has sent hot hatch fans into a frenzy by unveiling the first pics of its latest Honda Civic Type-R concept ahead of its 2014 Paris Motor Show debut. Forgoing the classic Civic Type R red in favour or an eye-catching blue paint-job the concept is revealed along with extensive details and specs. It looks certain that the eagerly awaited hot hatch version of the Civic will be one of the most extreme and performance-focused models in the Type R’s 22-year history. This lightly redesigned preview retains the enormous rear wing, quad exhausts, racing-style rear diffuser and wild bodywork of the previous concept, seen at March’s Geneva show. Yet Honda has lifted the lid on some of the state-of-the-art tech that will power the car under the surface. It’s no secret that Honda is chasing the front-wheel-drive lap record at Germany’s Nurburgring race track with the hot Civic and, in its quest to succeed, a new 2.0-litre i-VTEC turbocharged engine will be its trump card – the first turbocharged engine to be fitted to a Type R model. And, like every flagship Civic before it, the newcomer will only be available with a six-speed manual gearbox. Honda is reluctant to disclose final specs, but it has promised in excess of 278bhp – more power than the 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine delivered in the NSX Type R supercar. Unofficially, that should ensure the new model cracks the 0-62mph sprint in around six seconds. Helping ensure all that oomph doesn’t dissipate into plumes of tyre smoke, the Civic Type R will feature a new steer-axis front suspension set-up. In practice, the system will allow drivers to extract maximum performance by reducing torque steer and smoothing out power delivery to the front wheels under hard acceleration. Another feature to debut on the Civic is the +R driving mode. Enabled via a button on the dashboard, +R sharpens up the responsiveness of the engine, extracts greater performance from the turbocharged motor and gives the steering more weight. the Type R will also feature a new four-point Adaptive Damper System. This has been specifically designed for the new model and is able to manipulate the firmness of the front and rear dampers automatically depending on the driving conditions. At slower speeds or when cruising, the dampers will automatically adjust to a softer set-up to provide a more comfortable and supple ride. Yet with more aggressive driving, the dampers will become noticeably firmer to serve up better body control and greater agility. Currently being developed and engineered at Honda’s plant in Swindon, Wilts, the all-new Civic Type R will arrive in showrooms early next year, priced from around £30,000 – somewhere between the Golf GTI and four-wheel-drive Golf R.

It is time of the year again I got a quote From AIG of $1511 (Excess $2600) 55% NCD Aviva $1734 excess $3000 my ride Honda civic type r (FN2) Is this a good quote cause i was paying $1400++ last year, this year increased again Any agent here can quote lower? email me at [email protected] ASAP

To make sure Honda Civic Type R owners are able to bring out the maximum from the car's amazing potential, Honda Israel has provided them with a unique idea. Directed by Ishay Karny via McCann, Tel Aviv, this sub 2 minute advertisement explains that they best way to drive the car fast without alarming the police is to use the potential of a pregnant lady who is about to give birth. How would that work? Watch the video and find out for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAC_H-PYpog

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/01/honda-civic-hatchback-prototype-geneva-2345/#slide-3816673 Looking pretty sweet for a prototype. I wonder how the final version will turn out? Edit: Sorry boss, supposed to be "Honda Civic Hatchback Prototype unveiled"

Even though there have been videos of 'F1 car vs street car' shot before, you have to admit, this sort of thing never really gets old. Watch Mclaren's MP4-29 which was their car for last season, reel in both the Mclaren 650S and the Honda Civic Sport at Silverstone. While the 641bhp Mclaren needs not much of an introduction, the Civic Sport might need some. Meant only for the European market, the UK-made five-door Civic hatch is powered by a 1.8-litre i-VTEC engine which outputs 140bhp only. Yes this is no hot hatch. Speaking of hot hatch, why didn't they use the newly-launched Civic Type R? Anyway, check out how amazingly-fast the the F1 car is against the road cars. And yes, we believe the drivers in them definitely gave their best. Also, for those who want to enjoy the 360 degree VR experience, make sure you use Google Chrome to view the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4pbSI3kOsg

So this is the new Civic?

Honda Yuasa Racing’s decides to run the Civic Tourer in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship. Cool to see a wagon back in racing. Reminds me of the volvo 850 also in BTCC.

Looks like our neigbour across the Causeway are also getting the 2.0 i-VTEC Honda Civic! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Boys! I'm Back!! When the current generation 'ES-Civic' was launched in 2001, Honda shocked and upset their fans by deleting the mighty SiR sedan and launched SOHC-VTEC variants in its place, even for the Japanese Domestic Market. With the hatchback Civic Type-R the only performance oriented variant and as usual reserved for Japan only (though UK/Europe has their own version as well), Civic fans especially across Asia responded by abandoning this model en-mass. Unfortunately the general buyer to whom the ES-Civic is targetted for did not respond as hoped. As a result the Honda Civic slumped to near oblivion over the last few years especially here in Asia. Honda of course is alarmed and most definitely not amused by the turn of events. On the morning of May 18th 2004, only a few months after a minor face-lift late last year, Honda Malaysia took the offensive and announced yet another change to the Civic line-up for Malaysia. And this time, they mean business ! Just as with the Jazz revision launch last month, for this Civic revision, Honda has gone back to its root and has blatantly addressed us the enthusiast. For this new line-up, Honda Malaysia retained the 1.7l SOHC VTEC Civic with a minor exterior revision but also introduced a very much awaited and long overdued performance variant, the Civic 2.0 iVTEC sedan ! Who would pay more for just an engine? If its the right engine, the enthusiast would of course ! The new Civic 2.0 iVTEC features the highly regarded 2.0l K20A engine. As Honda enthusiasts would know well, the K20A is DOHC iVTEC in configuration with iVTEC (i.e. VTEC and VTC) implemented on the intake side. On this Civic, VTEC switches between a 1 valve low-cam and a 2 valve high-cam mode like on the CR-V, Stream and Accord with VTC working to optimize torque and fuel economy across the mid-range. The intake manifold is a single short length runner design, unlike the CR-V & Stream where a dual runner intake is used, or the 2.0l Accord where the single runners are long and tuned for low-end torque. I had a discussion with the Honda R&D engineer Kinoshita-san who was on the Civic 2.0 iVTEC design team. According to him, while the K20As on the CR-V, Stream and 2.0l Accord are designed for good low-end torque at the detriment of high-end power, the K20A on the Civic is designed for a good spread of torque across the rpm range. This is shown by the specs of the engine: 155ps at 6500rpm, similar to the CR-V and Stream but with a max torque of 18.0kgm at 5000rpm - lower max torque but coming in at a higher rpm. Thus the K20A on this Civic is designed to have a very wide useable power band, with good pulling power from the low-end right up to the redline of 6800rpm. I told him us enthusiasts expects our 'twin-cam-vtec' engines to pull strongly right to red-line. Kinoshita-san told me this engine is designed to do just that. I also told him how I just reviewed the 1.7l Civic and I was dissappointed at the engine sound. We enthusiasts highly values what we colloidally calls the 'VTEC Roar'. Kinoshita-san smiled and nodded saying Honda now understand that and then again tells me the K20A will also do 'just that'. I reacted by giving him the good old 'thumbs up' ! Besides the larger, more advanced and more powerful K20A engine, the new 2.0l Civic also comes equipped with a new 5-speed gearbox equipped with progressive shift technology and Grades Logic Control. As an enthusiast, I am used to close ratio gearboxes for (manual gearboxed) performance models but however when I checked the gear ratios on this new 2.0l Civic, I found that the 1st and 2nd gear still maintains quite a large difference in ratio : 2.684 for 1st vs 1.500 for 2nd, a difference of 1.184 which while closer than that on the 4AT of the 1.7l version but is still relatively larger than what I would expect. On the other hand, the ratios for 3rd, 4th and 5th are spaced relatively close together, going from 0.983 to 0.733 to 0.571 respectively. I put this to Kinoshita-san who explained that because most of the driving is expected to occur with the gearbox in one of these gears, i.e. 3rd, 4th or 5th, they are set with rather tall ratios so as to avoid constant high revs and thus ensure relatively good fuel economy. The good and wide power-band of the K20A means that good pick-up is still available even with the rather tall ratios. In any case, with 1 extra gear to work with, the 2.0l Civic's 5AT still retain higher (shorter) ratios when compared gear to gear (i.e. 3rd to 3rd, 4th to 4th) with the 1.7l Civic. And now of course it has a 5th gear which is geared really nice and tall for low-rpm high speed cruising. To be sheepishly honest, I was still not convinced by Kinoshita-san's rationale at that time. But today while researching for this article, I checked the gear ratios for the 4AT gearboxs used on the much loved EG9 & EK4 SiR auto and I found that even they have rather tall ratios, indeed taller ratios than this 2.0l Civic. So with a relatively mild increase in kerb-weight but a relatively massive increase in torque thanks to an engine that is 25% (2l compared to 1.6l) larger, the 2.0l Civic fares very well even when compared to these great performance Civics of the recent past ! The intake system used on the K20A is similar to the one used on the CR-V and Stream, with the intake pipe making a turn from the throttle body back towards the car. The system also features the 'cold air intake' design, with the filter box routing in air via a tube connected to the front of the car, behind the front grill and in front of the radiator, thus taking in the relatively cooler air there and shielded from the hot air inside the engine bay. To the delight of us enthusiasts, the Civic 2.0 iVTEC also comes loaded to the brim with Honda's most current technologies. Besides the K20A engine and the 5AT GLC gearbox, the 2.0l Civic comes with dual-SRS, ABS, EBD, BA (Brake Assist), EPS (Electrical Power Steering), and climate control (i.e. fully automatic fuzzy logic air-conditioning). To emphasize a sporty and luxurious orientation, the interior is fully leathered with a black-based colour scheme. The front seats are quite semi-bucket like in sculpture and comes with 'sporty headrests'. The dashboard panelling are 'hi-mesh metal' which is a sort of checkered pattern a bit similar to carbon-fibre finishing. No more fake wood finishes ! Even the steering wheel and the door panels are leathered, the door panels being complemented with some hi-mesh metal finishing as well. Exterior-wise, the new 2.0l Civic features a minor face-lift mainly to the front. The headlights are slimmer and of a new interior design, better looking in my opinion compared to the previous ones. The front grill seems larger and also features a revised design. The most significant changes are the front and rear bumpers, the front bumper especially given a more rounded design and again comes with integrated foglights and an integrated lower lip. The rest of the car is mostly similar to the old version except for a new rear taillight cluster design. Wheels are 15" alloy fitted with 195/60R15 88H Goodyear tyres. But in the end, what I find most significant and most gratifyind is that with the launch of this Civic 2.0 iVTEC variant, in a single move Honda Malaysia has given us enthusiasts in Malaysia, the most powerful and most technologically advanced Civic sedan auto ever sold in this region. Indeed at 155ps, it is also currently the most powerful and most advanced in its market segment, beating out its competitors by miles ! The car screams sporty any way we look at it. Indeed even when pitted against the mighty SiR Civics of the previous generations - the famous EG9 and EK4 Civic SiR variants - when comparing like to like (i.e. auto to auto), this Civic 2.0 i-VTEC matches their power but with a better midrange, a more advanced gearbox and higher technology ! Indeed I for one would have been more than happy to accept Honda Malaysia calling this as an ES3 Civic Ferio SiR ! And Now, the Finishing Blow In a unique unprecedented move, in this Civic launch Honda Malaysia surprised even me by also putting up a specially prepped Civic on show ! They took a Nighthawk Black 2.0l and slapped on a bodykit; front & rear lower lips, rear trunk spoiler and a great looking front grille (the side skirts are standard). To this, they swapped the wheels to the 16" 'Civic Type-R' lookalikes used on their highly successful limited edition Civic RX of last year and with Bridgestone Potenza tyres and also used a set of Eibach Pro-Kit sport springs to lower the ride height of the car. Then they cheekingly put this on display behind the main-stage and calls it a 'Concept Civic'. As a package, this special Civic now truly screams 'hard-core !' at me. The car looks fantastic and for a change, this time has the performance to back up the sporty looks ! And the good news is when I asked about plans for this Civic, the response sounds 'positive'. If it really gets sold, it would really be fun to look at what wild and wonderful things an enthusiast can do to such a car, with the looks already catered for and an engine just begging to be souped-up ! In 'celebration' of this wonderful new move, I will be covering this unit in a special photoshoot article later. Back With a Vengence! For too long the Civic rotted at the bottom of the mid-sized executive market segment, competing unsuccessfully and getting creamed by the likes of the Toyota Altis and Nissan Sentra, both of which uses a 1.8l DOHC engine with variable valve timing to take down the 1.7l SOHC VTEC. But now it's no more the weakling whipping boy. Watch out everyone, the Civic is back and it's back with a vengence ! With a single crippling blow, Honda Malaysia at once makes the Civic the most powerful and most advanced car in this market segment. And given the specification, I am confident it will be the fastest (auto) one as well. The only damper was the pricing - quality have to come at a price and at RM$124,900 'On The Road', it has unfortunately breached the psychological 120k barrier that enthusiasts have for the upper price limit of a Honda Civic. So only time will tell if the attraction of this new Civic will justify the relatively high premium it commands. What is most gratifying to me at the launching ceremony was how Honda Malaysia blatantly addressed this new 2.0l Civic to us enthusiasts. The whole ceremony focussed almost completely on the 2.0l Civic, with only a small mention that the 1.7l version has received 'minor revisions' as well. Then the packaging and design of the 2.0l Civic screams sporty and enthusiasts right from its very core. Kinoshita-san told me the design objective for the car is 'luxury with performance'. It's aimed at those enthusiasts who appreciates stylish relaxed cruising but also very much enjoys performance driving as well. And then of course there's that 'concept car' ! I have often said in the past how Honda is going back more and more to its sporty and performance oriented roots and that us enthusiasts remains an important integral part of their customer base. They may have strayed a little bit off the track once and while but this time, they are surely right on track ! And at this rate, given their track record, I am now so much more hopeful for even harder core performance enthusiast models for the future ! Given my hard-core enthusiast nature, it would surely not be a surprise to readers that I am very excited and eager to check out the performance abilities of this new (what I like to call) K20A-Civic. So for this launch, I made a request to Honda Malaysia to participate in the special media familiarization session they usually hold for most of their new model launches. Hopefully my request can be accomodated and I hope to be able to conduct a quick short test drive and report on it in the near future while waiting patiently for the review cars to clock up the mileage and run in properly before I borrow it for a longer period to do the full length review. Stay tuned !

The press days for the Frankfurt Motor Show are September 15 and 16. On that second day when all the German hubbub has died down, on other side of the Atlantic, Honda will be unveiling the US-spec production Civic in Detroit and Los Angeles. The coupe, five-door hatchback, the Si, and the Type R will be unveiled at a later date. While there could be information on the Civic's new platform, Honda doesn't plan to offer any details on the new engines and powertrains. The sedan will come with a 1.5-liter VTEC turbocharged 4-cylinder mated to either a 6-speed manual or a CVT. Speedier versions like the Type R will get the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. Honda is aiming for a fuel economy rating of at least 40 miles per gallon with the base model. As for what's coming beyond that, we have an idea of what the body will look like from the leaked patent images and the concept shown off in New York earlier this year. Spy shots have shown a new console layout within today's basic instrument panel structure, there'll be a better touchscreen and new infotainment system, driver assistance features like Honda LaneWatch and Honda Sensing, and heated rear seats, while the exterior bodywork has some Accord and Acura ILX influences and available LED headlights. Vowing not to make the mistake of the 2012 Civic, Honda says we'll get "sporty driving dynamics, more daring styling, and significantly improved fit and finish."

https://www.facebook.com/JBBroke/vid...3591232526124/ Really sia suay max, already so cheap to pump in malaysia and still run away. Next time they not going to let us pump petrol till you put a deposit if more incidents like this happen

Hi, I am considering to buy used Hybrid and chanced upon a used 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid 1.3A I started to read into this forum and want to get a feel of technical/common issues (if there are) typical of Honda Hybrid. It seems that the unstability or depletion of hybrid battery is quite common. The dealer told me that a replacement battery is between 1.5 - 2 thousand (cant check with Kah Motor over weekend). Any brothers/sisters drive hybrids over here in this forum? Can advise if the hybrid batteries is a bugging issue (and any other things that i should watch out for)? I plan to buy this for my wife, and wanted some hassle-free and good FC car. Thanks for your help.

Auto Express took the new Honda Civic Type R and threw it into a battle with the Seat Leon Cupra 280 and the Renault Megane RS Trophy. Can the 306bhp Civic Type R maintain its reputation as the fastest front-wheel drive hatchback on the famed Nurburgring and go round a smaller track at llandow, Wales, faster than the 276bhp Seat and the 271bhp Megane? Watch to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlGCZiFyqVw

What if your head tells you that you can only afford a Mitsubishi Lancer GLX but your heart is beating for a Honda Civic Type R? This owner might have an answer that. Not that we approve of what he did to his Lancer GLX but we must say that this is a pretty good effort in trying to make his car look like a Civic Type R! The bumper is almost an exact copy while the grill and headlights are shaped as much as possible to look like the real deal. The below is how a real Civic Type R looks like and how the Lancer GLX looks like originally.

Been looking at the 2 choices for replacement. Seems 1.8 Civic can be cheaper than the 1.6 Corolla! Any issues that I need to be aware for the Corolla? What are its known problems? I heard the aircon not strong for Altis?

Is the new Honda Civic Type R as fast as it looks? Steve Sutcliffe of Auto Express reckons it is and decides that the best way to find out is to pitch Honda's uber hatch against BMW's 420bhp M3 and Audi's new 362bhp RS3 in Wales. With only 306bhp to defend itself with, the Civic Type R looks like it is not going to win anything. But those in the know will probably not discount it so quickly as Honda has spend so much time and effort on making the fastest hot hatch out there. Will that be enough to fend off its more powerful and expensive German rivals? Watch to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3n7zhb7aN8

Hi peeps! Anyone here can advise whats the correct tyre size if lets say I want to upsize my rims to 18 inchers? Currently driving civic fd 1.8 with 16inch stock rims and tyres. Thanks!

I am looking for owner of White Honda Civic of SGY1986J. Your car has brushed against my car during your magnificent parking. The incident happened on 26th November 2015 at around 9am in the morning at Jurong East Street 24 facing block 252. Background Female driver performing a reverse parking and brushed against my car. The driver over steer at 08:18 (timeline) and realising her mistake steer back (double hit). Thereafter, the drive decided to park at another section of the carpark. She drove off at 8:19:54 (Timeline) and went to another section of the carpark which is located behind Block 252 see 08:20:02 (timeline) and picture. The time indicated is lagged by an hour. Kindly be brave enough and come forward. Please contact me at 90303387 for clarifications.

Can someone enlighten me what is the difference between civic 1.8a and civic 1.8 vtis? Which is the better model?Which model with paddle shift?More accessories? Thanks!

Honda has given its fans a chance to win a brand new Civic Type R, the car which is now the fastest front-wheel drive production car around the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Of course, there is no such thing as a free lunch because you will have to be the fastest guy in the competition which it has just set up. Following the in the vein of GT Academy, but with a much shorter format, the winner has to outdrive everyone in a virtual version of the Civic in the Green hell. They will be using a special simulator created for the event, which is called King of the Hell. Sadly, this competition is only for people living in Britain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhY9v_lL6Fg

Anybody letting go of their TPS which is in good condition? Otherwise third party TPS reliable or not? Thanks in advance.