Honda Civic Type-R: Habanero on wheels.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
AutoWeek, August, 2002
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Honda is selling Red Bull to the European Geritol set. Oh, sure, we get the Honda Civic Si in America, a perky little revver with 160 horsepower that will raise a few eyebrows at the weekly import dragfest. But Eurogeezers get to go stonking around in the Civic Type-R, which saddles up an additional 40 horses.
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To see the irony here, understand that unlike in the States, where youthful Americans have made Honda their generation's haute wheels, European Honda drivers notoriously are old age pensioners. Where's the justice? It was Americans who put Honda performance rockets on ...
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