UK Civic Type R Coming to Japan
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Honda is bringing over a limited number of UK Civic Type R vehicles to Japan in spring 2009. No word on what will happen to the current type R.
Archive for the ‘civic’ Category
Honda Civic Mid-Generation Facelift
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
A gallery of the redesigned Honda Civic and Civic Hybrid, with trim levels. (more…)
New Facelift, Color Wardrobe for Civic Type-R
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
The Civic Type-R, along with its more pedestrian siblings, gets a slight makeover. (more…)
Mamma Mia! Honda Civic Type-S Fireblade
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
In the IDM (Italian Domestic Market), Honda has released a limited edition Civic Type-S Fireblade as a homage to its CBR1000RR Fireblade motorcycle. Since Honda got its start making bikes that competed rather successfully in legendary races like the Isle of Man TT long before moving into automobile production, I find this match up completely awesome.
Honda Sports Car Driving Meet
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Honda Japan does a lot for its customers in Japan, not the least of which is the Sports Car Driving Meet. It’s basically a performance driving school for owners of the Civic Type R, Integra Type R, Accord/Torneo Euro R and S2000. At ¥37,800 for the one-day course and ¥68,250 for the two-day course, the cost is more than reasonable. Can you imagine tearing down the legendary Twin Ring Motegi or Suzuka Circuit in your own car with a professional instructor at your side?
R car owners have their choice of Twin Ring Motegi on August 16 or Suzuka on October 13 for the one-day and Motegi on November 30 to December 1 for the two-day. Being a more hard-core bunch, S2000 owners have no choice but to sign up for two-day classes on November 16-17 at Motegi or November 23-24 at Suzuka.
I cannot begin to describe how badly I wish Honda would do this in the US. Sigh… looks like I’ll have to settle for .