Honda Civic Type R: Has Honda successfully turbocharged the Type R concept?

摘要

The new Honda Civic Type R has had the kind of build-up that could make a US presidential election campaign look short. The last naturally aspirated version went out of production five years ago, doing so with the biggest of bangs in the form of the Type R Mugen, which hit 237bhp and a jaw-dropping ￡39,000. It was hailed as a suitably feverish curtain call for one of the most affectionately regarded fast front-drivers ever produced. But that's not how the story ended.