Reviews of new CTR in "EVO" Mag

[aarick]

i truely hope the CTR Sedan is the one that will make it over instead of the egg R. Not only it looks so much better, but it will be more appealing to me. At least it will justify more for me to spend $40 - 50k on a 4 dr instead of a 2 dr.

yes yes! i agree!

[szymonsta]

i truely hope the CTR Sedan is the one that will make it over instead of the egg R. Not only it looks so much better, but it will be more appealing to me. At least it will justify more for me to spend $40 - 50k on a 4 dr instead of a 2 dr.

i agree. maybe this is one to get excited about?

..either that, or keep saving for that nsx / nsx-r...

[R123]

yeh... loved the 4 door CTR that J Button tested drive in the vid.

TYPE R + CW = very NICe. heeheh

[Irish R]

Not too happy on the extra weight,but all else sounds good.
Still i have had a coupe integra the last 6 years,no need for the extra doors in my life!
Excess baggage

[twmwong]

yeh... loved the 4 door CTR that J Button tested drive in the vid.

TYPE R + CW = very NICe. heeheh

Anyways the Jap spec CTR won't be out til end of March....just confirmed it on Option Magazine...Honda still needs to finalise some setups on the car before release. A BS RE070 tyre compound is in development for use specially for the new CTR, compared to the normal RE070 on the market. Minor changes to the suspension setup is also finalised to help match the development of the new RE070 tyres.

Another thing important to mention is, the new CTR will no longer use MOMO as their steering wheel manufacturer. The new steering wheel would be developed by Honda itself using Genuine leather. Same goes with the Recaros, it will no longer be featured in the new CTR. It'll be replaced by same looking bucket seats developed by Honda themselves with the Type-R stitching. (Just confirmed all that thru pics at Honda.co.jp)

Man....2 of the biggest features of a Type R is no longer there anymore I think they should reduce the price even if it ever got a chance to reach Aussie shores

[twmwong]

Anyways just looking at the pics of the Jap spec CTR...the rear wing looks wicked I wonder why they painted the middle bit of the wing black Maybe its carbon fibre ...I doubt it though

[tinkerbell]

has anyone got a scan of this EVO article please?

[Adam]

Have a read of the Stig's review of the Civic Type R in the latest top gear mag, its a bloody good read! Not sure if the mag is out here yet, got it when i was in singapore last week

[MrThanh]

Have a read of the Stig's review of the Civic Type R in the latest top gear mag, its a bloody good read! Not sure if the mag is out here yet, got it when i was in singapore last week

http://www.civictyper.com.au/assets_...ar_article.pdf



or go to http://www.civictyper.com.au/

then click on the In Print link on the bottom

[swooc]

Am i the only one that prefers the 'egg' shaped over the jdm 'sedan' shape. The jdm shape is just too dated and uninspiring imo. They should of used the egg shape and coupled it with japanese engineering . If they wanted a sedan shape they should of used the sir concept i think it was called?

As for stigs review, i think he rated the ctr to be first not cause of what is on paper but because it was the most fun to drive out of the hot hatches.

[fueltank]

Just took a peak at the latest EVO mag at the news agency. There's a full review on the CTR and also a hot hatch matchup.

Haven't read through the articles, but from the brief result summary, the new CTR failed to impress. It scores less than the average score among all the hot hatches like, Golf GTI, FORD ST, Megane, SEAT...

Can someone who actually buy the magazine fill us up with abit more info?

LOL... why couldn't you buy the magazine for yourself?

[tinkerbell]

Have a read of the Stig's review of the Civic Type R in the latest top gear mag, its a bloody good read! Not sure if the mag is out here yet, got it when i was in singapore last week

that is what they are handing out to the bloody honda sales people!!!

that is WHY i want a copy of the EVO article,

just so they are aware of another side to the story...

[MrThanh]

that is what they are handing out to the bloody honda sales people!!!

that is WHY i want a copy of the EVO article,

just so they are aware of another side to the story...

if you take a look at the evo website, the 'hot hatch guide' is actually sponsored by/presented in association with redh.co.uk which is the ctr site for the UK.

http://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/a.../honda_type_r/

[tinkerbell]

well, fook me,

honda really is paying to promote...

but what about:

i broused thru the article too. basically new CTR not that good. golf gti still the best new hot hatch, along with renault megane 225 F1 special blah blah version.

[twmwong]

well, fook me,

honda really is paying to promote...

but what about:

Hey...did u guys know the UK CTR got something called the GT version...which means if u want Cruise Contro, Sunroof, Nav, Air Con, etc...u have to pay extra...fark that...I bet Aus will get the same treatment