Jenson Button test drives the new Civic Type R Concept

[Irish R]

http://www.honda.co.jp/CIVICTYPE-R/p.../jbtestdrives/

[45SET]

[tofu]

i'd trade my TypeS for that R when and if it ever gets here to Oz...and I don't mean the watered down version.

[jinr@i]

nice...we'll wait and see if it comes down here...might get one lol

[M a i k e r u]

hope it comes with everything..... Brembo, Rims etc....

[VTECMACHINE]

Wish it does too! But tbh... I highly doubt it. Dunno why they brought the 'watered down' version of the DC5R here.

[scheung]

Well at the end of the year..a salesman at a honda dealer said there is a "hot hatch" for the civic coming out at the end of the year.

[tinkerbell]

my mate who works at honda (salesman) says it (CTR) is coming in 2007...

[fueltank]

It's might be called the Civic Type R but probably watered down to suit the hot hatch pricing bracket?

[kookie]

Just like our dc5r. Damn Honda Aus let there be the J-spec type R.

[Kazaf]

sedan

Hatch

[sangers]

they should just do what mitsubishi did with the evo9 and offer the full spec version as a sports pack optional kit. like how they offered the blistein sussy and rims as an optional extra.

[sangers]

one question but... what happened to the hatchback civic type R. is that still coming?

[Jingers]

btw aus spec evo with performance pack is still not the same as jdm

[sangers]

btw aus spec evo with performance pack is still not the same as jdm

ahh damn. more watering down. how lame. but at least the idea is good. then people who want to pay for the fullspec'd version have the option to