Honda Civic Type R: ‘A monster disguised as a family hatch’ | Martin Love
by Martin Love from Technology | The Guardian on (#390P6)
The menacing Type R hides a secret deep within its body armour" It's also docile enough to drive your granny in
Price: 30,995
Top speed: 169mph
0-62mph: 5.8 seconds
MPG: 36.7mpg
CO2: 176g/km
Vehicles are created to perform specific jobs. It is our right, of course, to use them however the hell we like. Thus capable offroaders get to paw the tarmac in Chelsea; sun-seeking soft tops battle the elements in Wales; and flimsy city cars embark on heroic expeditions. This Honda Civic Type R has been designed to go stomach-flippingly fast" so I used it to drive my 85-year-old mother-in-law to her surprise birthday lunch. She thought it was, "Yes, quite nice." But she struggled to get in and out of the 8in deep bucket seats.
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