hot hatch · japan · FWD · hatch

Civic Type R

FK8 · 10th-gen, first US2017–2021

The driver's benchmark in the hot hatch class. Four decades, five generations, one of the most committed FWD platforms ever built.

Reviewer consensus · across 6 reviewers

Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling.

Performancestrong consensus

“the performance envelope is so wide on this car” ▶ 5:05 TFLnow

“it pulls all the way to 7 grand it was pretty hard” ▶ 2:08 Zygrene

“the 306 horsepower really does go a long way with this car which is pretty awesome” ▶ 4:06 TheTopher

Handlingstrong consensus

“the dampening is really on a completely different level to anything that Honda has made in the past” ▶ 1:26 Zygrene

“it turns in amazingly well and thanks to the LSD you can just apply power out the corner” ▶ 4:19 Throttle House

“it handles the road the best” ▶ 1:23 TFLnow

Fun to drivestrong consensus

“this car kind of combines some of the best qualities of both the Focus RS and Golf R together” ▶ 12:26 Zygrene

“there is a fizziness to the type r that just isn't present anymore in most normal vehicles and that's probably my favorite thing about this” ▶ 2:43 TheTopher

“The transmission is the best I've ever used in any car ever” ▶ 4:47 TheStraightPipes

Daily drivabilitystrong consensus

“perfect for daily driving” ▶ 11:34 TheStraightPipes

“I wanted something that was functional as a daily also and also as a track” ▶ 0:54 Zygrene

“the breath of performance here is insane you can take this out vlog it enjoy it and then you can go daily drive it and it's just a honda civic at that point” ▶ 6:51 TheTopher

Valuestrong consensus

“I do I believe strongly that this is the most fun I've had for 43 grand” ▶ 6:52 Throttle House

“I'm just so happy that Honda is making enthusiast cars again that like people can actually afford” ▶ 9:58 Zygrene

“just under $35,000 you get all that and rev matching” ▶ 2:36 TFLnow

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