{"id":139,"date":"2025-11-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:36:38","slug":"honda-civic-type-r-review-a-throwback-that-refuses-to-apologise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Honda Civic Type R Review: A Throwback That Refuses to Apologise"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>0\u201360 mph<\/th>\n<td>5.0s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Power<\/th>\n<td>315 hp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Top speed<\/th>\n<td>169 mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Layout<\/th>\n<td>FWD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Numbers rarely tell the whole story, but the Honda Civic Type R backs its figures with a character you feel within the first mile. This is a machine built by people who clearly understand what enthusiasts actually want.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Performance<\/h2>\n<p>The headline figures \u2014 315 hp, 5.0s to 60 mph, a 169 mph maximum \u2014 place the Civic Type R firmly in serious company. More impressive is how usable that pace is on a real road rather than a spec sheet.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>On the road<\/h2>\n<p>Through a sequence of corners the Civic Type R feels alert and trustworthy. Its FWD configuration delivers traction when you want it and adjustability when you ask for it, the kind of breadth that separates a great driver&#8217;s car from a merely fast one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The best fast cars do not just go quickly \u2014 they make you want to go quickly again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Living with it<\/h2>\n<p>As a companion the Civic Type R surprises. There is genuine refinement beneath the aggression, and the daily realities of fuel, comfort and usability have not been sacrificed entirely at the altar of performance.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>The verdict<\/h2>\n<p>The Honda Civic Type R earns its place. It is fast, engaging and surprisingly complete, the sort of car that justifies its existence the moment you turn the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spend a week with the 315 hp Honda Civic Type R to see whether the experience lives up to the numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66,65,43],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-civic","tag-honda","tag-hot-hatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}