I was just talking with some fellow motoring hacks about the fact that there are only four-door Civic Type Rs in Japan yesterday and today we have this piece of news – the 3-door Civic Type R sold in Europe will soon be sold in Japan next year. The 3-door Civic hatchback with the FN chassis (instead of Japan’s FD Civic 4-door sedan) is built at Honda’s Swindon plant in England and will be exported to Japan from there. It will be called the Honda Civic Type R EURO in Japan. The European FN Civic features a completely different body built on a different chassis that uses a torsion beam at the rear instead of an independent setup. It also uses a different interior design although the general double-decked space ship interior theme is similiar.
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Wow, now we could see how it hold itself against the FD2R, probably in a BM video shootout!
good! don't just always import car, have to export too….good job England!
hihi
The Japanese imported its own car.
We can get Chinese made Proton in a few years to come. Waluweh.
torsion beam? huh?
xde tripod daa..
handling some says dull then FD~
fulamak ganasnyer.. the current civic on malaysian road is getting boring by the days, too many of them already. this 3 doors will be ahead turner.. kalau pasang deep dish rim mesti boleh membunoh punyer..
why?? down grade….?? or they wanna drive downgraded car?? this car has been proven as bad "SON" compare to the parent…so if u compare to the big bro FD2R…aihh….its sucks…..bad car that tear CiViC fans heart…..FN sucks
torsion beam? ? ? ? type r with torsion beam…. WTH
Not my piece of cake lar this car… the seketul look is not my taste, still prefer our TypeR anytime. But hey thats individual.
Torsion Beam? in a TypeR? That can't be the right spec…Honda you're kidding right?
yeah..i'm also kinda surpise with the torsion beam set up. chepo configuration for sports car. but this car looks awesome..even tho it use torsion beam, im sure the handling gonna be sweet due to its hatch body.
review by fifth gear show FD CTR 5 secs ahead FN CTR a lap..
upgrade the look but not the performance..
This version of type-r was fully developed in UK. So, it is not a japan product. If you remember an episode in Topgear sometime ago, they did a test between this UK type-r and JDM type-r and the the JDM wins!
this one sucks, I prefer FD2 or the old EK9. See top gear review if you know what i mean.
fd type-r clearly faster when fifth gear compared them.
Looks is great but it uses "time bomb" from HM.
lf lm not mistaken, pug 308 turbo also torsion beam. btw l rather prefer multilink suspension in FD.
export to here, please!!!
this is the BEST looking Civic Type R
Suzuki Swift Sport also uses torsion bar for the rear, but do you hear anyone complaining? No.
In fact, it's one of the best-handling hatchbacks in recent memory,
Doesn't matter what technology is used. If it works, it works.
Euro Type R a cheap version of the FD2R, not worth your money
Paul,
Will this car come to M'sia in the future?
Multilink suspension is costly and complex. It is also difficult to tune the geometry without a full 3D computer aided design analysis. Compliance under load can have an important effect and must be checked using a multibody simulation software.
will it ever come to malaysia with the price cheaper than fd2r.
Chris Chong
no. it is a joke.
the previous EP9 is far more better.
Paul,
Will this model come to M'sia in the future?
export to here, pleaseeeeeeeeee
this is the BEST looking Civic Type R
Honda FOREVER!!!
lol…jeremy clarkson gave a bad review about this car comparing to its predecessor..
yeah finally … it's not about downgrading .. it's about the opportunity … I agree with Chris Chong … Tonton .. how do you know ep9 is far more better .. have tested drive ke or .. are you an engineer? … cite sikit laaa ..
no need. the fd2 type r is definitely better. in performance and looks.
and yes its not worth the money especially its so close to price to a Gti and the ford. the gti and FD2 have 4 doors and both perform loads better.
i beleive this model will sell in a market that doesnt have the FD2. they also selling a model using the 1.8litre civic engine but about 2000rm cheaper than FN2 type r which is insane. the FN2 would make sense if the pound lost alot of its value. but that isnt going to happen anytime soon.
the person in charge of convincing the honda top brass to market this car in different markets must be very talented.
the benchmark for these cars is still the 3rd generation Integra type r.
the review on top gear
drag test, this FN lost with its big brother, euro spec EP9
cornering, also lost. too much understeer.
the rear spoiler spoil the view through the rear glass
suzuki swift use torsion beam and no one complaint. suzuki swift is not a perfomance oriented model. thats why nobody complaint. but this FN, is a Red Badged Honda. which is totally different class with suzuki swift.
about the software stuff, u saying that it is difficult. huhu, this is a childish opinion. how come u expecting a giant company involving in F1 previously, producing too many cars, too many brilliant technology having difficulties in rear civic FN suspension setup?
u were so wrong mate…
swift sport WAS a performance oriented model….especially the limited 1.6 coupe swift….still using the torsion beam setup….even the engine power was quite low…but does the “test driver” complaining about its bad handling???or more to GREAT handling????did they mention torsion beam was bad?
drag test of FN and FD….first…FN was running on EURO ^ emission restriction higher than that FD..thus explaining why the power was lower than FD….
honda proved to you that simple torsion beam also can be a gem in handling dept…
*even japan’s tuner complainin about dificulties to tuned so called advanced geometry in TypeR suspension…(EP3 and DC9 was among the hardest to them)
so shy bother to do it hard way when u can do it the simple way?