Inside Line contributor Alistair Weaver got seat time in a rally car version of the Honda Civic Type R.
This Civic Type R Rally Car by J.A.S. Motorsport features a 250-hp 2.0-liter inline 4 and 6-speed sequential transmission.
Alistair describes it as, "taut, controlled, responsive and entertaining in a very high-strung Honda way."
Read the Civic Type R Rally Car First Drive on Inside Line...
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The day I buy a $120,000 Civic is the day I sell somebody oceanfront property in Nebraska.
This car is like the Hartge BMW 3 Series that was up a while back - both are ridiculously overpriced and you'd have to be insane to pick a tuned up version of a lesser car, than to buy a real car for the same price. For the BMW's $220K I'd get an F430 and maybe add a few pieces to it, and for the Civic's $120K I'd take a black Audi R8.
Im still not convinced the Euro Civic R is a REAL Type R as it has a beam axle. Not exactly a Type R trademark! So is this an actual "race car" unlike the aformentioned BMW Hartage?
The K20 featured in this car is known for putting down some better than average power and TORQUE with just a few simple mods so the 250hp (even if its at the wheels) woudnt be hard to coax from the motor at all. For the price Id certainly look elsewhere.
Paul Hogan says, "You call that a rally car? This is a rally car!" :o)
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If you don't have wild oversteer, you ain't rally racing. That photo says it all.
K20 for president!!!