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HONDA CIVIC TYPE R
Auto Express
|September 10, 2025
Civic Type R is as fun as expected, but with some irritating technology
THERE are no two ways about it, the latest Honda Civic Type R has become an expensive and indulgent kind of car. In this day and age, you could even call it a misfit, with its eye-watering £52k price tag, six-speed manual gearbox and four-seat configuration.
But where it counts - on the road, or better still on a track like Brands Hatch - there is no other hot hatch that can touch the latest Type R. It is, quite simply, the fastest and arguably most thrilling front-wheel-drive car there has ever been. So we were more than a little excited about the prospect of running one for six months, just to see how much more civilised (or otherwise) it might be beside its more raucous predecessors.
This story is from the September 10, 2025 edition of Auto Express.
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