richmc

New Honda Civic Type R smashes Nurburgring front-drive lap record

nomadicS2k

Great they have the performance - but WTF does it look like!? The only way is up?

Nick Graves

The FK8 has a lot of aerodynamic tricks and aerodynamic cars tend to look a bit challenging.

Buying a house with a windowless garage is my advice...

gaddafi

Is the idea that this time thing makes the car faster to Tesco Express and back?

Is there any evidence that any more than a tiny minority of car purchasers even know where the Nurburgring is?

That car is fugly.

Nottm_S2

They all do it.

None in actual road cars.

Looks better than the last one but still ugly. I want to like it as i like Hondas but all hot hatches are sketchy because..

fwd is for people who cant afford better
haldex is for people who lile understeer
proper 4wd is for rally cars
and rwd is for people with huge stones.

probably

so only the 140i then

FreshDonny

not a true honda. turbo? wtf

Nick Graves

Turbos stop the world from ending - haven't you heard..?

A battery and the TMU from the Legend/NSX might disguise the lag AND handle fantastically, but the weight would surely make it very unfun to drive.

CHIPPO

It's apparently a development car so not truly road ready .

it. Had a roll cage , no rear seat and other bits removed to save weight.

so what,will the final true show room model do ?

i mean VAG have had to bring a 2 door , 2 seat Golf to,market to achieve the previous best time, and as,much as I hate to say it , at least it's roughly the car that's on sale at the stealers.

Nottm_S2

They claimed it was a floating cage and the strip job equaled out.

i remain skeptical which is a shame but fwd in this climate is like how i imagine it to be having a cock on a Navy warship.

Fairly fruitless.

jml