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Post by alf on Apr 13, 2017 10:07:49 GMT
It's still a schoolboy's wet dream of wings and other aero devices and not really my thing - but does anyone else quite like the look of this? I like the more saloon like body shape of the new Civic, especially from the back, and all the noises about the Type R having been part of the design of the whole car this time (not the case last time), and the fact the platform has more complex suspension and drives better in standard form, sounds promising.
I look forward to one being stuffed up my boot soon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 10:21:20 GMT
I can't help but feel that successive iterations are perfect examples of more equalling less. A pity, as I generally admire Honda's engineering. And obviously the baseball cap wearer is rather better off than he used to be.
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Post by PG on Apr 13, 2017 12:36:31 GMT
Not for me. Even as a teenager I never got the point of bloody great spoilers on the back of any road car. And that is certainly a bloody great spoiler.
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Post by Stuntman on Apr 14, 2017 19:13:11 GMT
Yet to see the Type R version of the latest Civic, but the boggo versions look terrible to me. Not a fan at all!
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Post by Alex on Apr 15, 2017 6:53:33 GMT
Yet to see the Type R version of the latest Civic, but the boggo versions look terrible to me. Not a fan at all! I've seen a few and they really are awful on the eye. The Type R doesn't do much to help it either. I think they just about got the design right with the first of the newer shape Civic's (the first to look like a spaceship). The Type R version managed to add a body kit with just the right amount of hooligan to avoid going completely over the top, but the latest versions have cranked that up to 12. I didn't ever expect the latest one to be as subtle as a Golf R but this one is as subtle as a kick in the nuts! |
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Post by PetrolEd on Apr 15, 2017 9:11:58 GMT
More ugly than an ugly think dipped in ugly fluid.
I sat in a couple at Geneva and its the poor quality of the fit and finish of the bodykit that surprises nearly as much as the looks
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 9:29:37 GMT
Have there been any magazine tests yet? Seems odd to see a car for sale that hasn't been through Queef's hands first...
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Post by humphreythepug on Apr 15, 2017 15:06:40 GMT
It is an absolute mess, as is the normal Civic.
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 20, 2017 14:10:33 GMT
It is an absolute mess, as is the normal Civic. This. |
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Post by grampa on Apr 21, 2017 9:23:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 11:27:42 GMT
Broke the 'ring record again.
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Post by Blarno on Apr 25, 2017 14:02:22 GMT
Which means it'll probably be terrible on our roads. But, hey, it's got a dick-swinging Ring record.
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Post by Nelson on Apr 25, 2017 19:18:07 GMT
I like it, really like it. Full of angles and lines, at least the eyelashes have been bodycolour painted which further helps too. Feel free to pass me my coat and order me a taxi for one to the loony asylum.  |
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Post by Boxer6 on Apr 25, 2017 19:39:26 GMT
Feel free to pass me my coat and order me a taxi for one to the loony asylum. Done!  |
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Post by Stuntman on Apr 26, 2017 20:29:21 GMT
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Post by Tim on Apr 27, 2017 8:46:13 GMT
I sort of agree a little bit with Nelson (although not to the extent that I feel like I require to be committed).
I wouldn't buy the Type R myself but in a world where the equivalent Golf looks just like a basic Golf that has slightly larger wheels (or an MSport badged 318d looking like an M3) it's refreshing.
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Post by Alex on Apr 27, 2017 10:09:02 GMT
I sort of agree a little bit with Nelson (although not to the extent that I feel like I require to be committed). I wouldn't buy the Type R myself but in a world where the equivalent Golf looks just like a basic Golf that has slightly larger wheels (or an MSport badged 318d looking like an M3) it's refreshing. Perhaps, although on that front I think the Focus RS does a better job of looking much more than just a warmed up Focus without going quite as OTT as the Civic has. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 10:26:02 GMT
I wonder how many they sell these days? They used to be everywhere in the days of the EP3 and FN2, but I can only recall seeing two of this one's predecessor on the road.
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Post by Martin on Apr 27, 2017 14:52:19 GMT
I sort of agree a little bit with Nelson (although not to the extent that I feel like I require to be committed). I wouldn't buy the Type R myself but in a world where the equivalent Golf looks just like a basic Golf that has slightly larger wheels (or an MSport badged 318d looking like an M3) it's refreshing. That's what appeals to me about the fast Golfs, but I prefer the GTI to R aesthetically. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 20:59:16 GMT
The latest Civic, continues the long struggle for mediocrity. It looks terrible in the outside, the inside is OK in a digestive biscuit type of way.
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Post by alf on Jul 10, 2017 11:44:44 GMT
I still like these, I saw some on the back of a delivery truck the other day (I see a lot of new Hondas and also JLR cars on my regular treks up and down the A34).
The first drives are very positive as well. I can't explain why, but I prefer hot Hondas to the more typical Golf GTi's and so on - probably a mix of my subconscious desire not to do the obvious, and falling in love with the Accord Type R a schoolfriend's dad had....
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Post by johnc on Jul 10, 2017 11:58:18 GMT
I saw one yesterday and at first glance thought it was a Subaru. I wouldn't buy one but I can appreciate the engineering that goes in to them.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 10, 2017 15:24:02 GMT
I saw one yesterday and at first glance thought it was a Subaru. I wouldn't buy one but I can appreciate the engineering that goes in to them. Hoy!! 
Wouldn't buy one what - Subaru or CTR? Personally speaking, I wouldn't touch the CTR with a barge pole and the only current Subaru that appeals even slightly is the WRX-STi, and even then only as a courtesy car for a day or three!
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Post by johnc on Jul 10, 2017 16:37:37 GMT
I wouldn't buy the CTR. It looked from the side profile very much like the most recent WRX STi which I think is quite an attractive car but the CTR is just a bit too bling for my liking.
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Post by michael on Jul 11, 2017 7:00:32 GMT
I don't the Civic has looked good since the early nineties model with the split tailgate.
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Post by Eff One on Jul 27, 2019 12:58:42 GMT
Resurrecting this - have suddenly developed an unhealthy fascination with these after rereading the original Evo review.
Has anyone actually driven one?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 14:27:34 GMT
Nope, but whilst we were right about the aesthetics, the naysayers were clearly wrong about how the car drives!
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Post by Martin on Jul 27, 2019 14:38:39 GMT
I didn’t even go and look at one, couldn’t get past the styling or the interior. Familiarity doesn’t help either.
From what I’ve read and a couple of comparison videos I’ve seen, it’s great when you’re out for fun on a good road, but not the best everyday hot hatch.
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Post by Stuntman on Jul 31, 2019 19:55:47 GMT
I've had a good poke around several of them. I love the idea of this Honda, but still cannot get past the looks. I will namedrop Adam Towler again here, who recommended it very highly indeed when we were chatting after an evo trackday at Rockingham last year.
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