Yep, you heard me. I used "Civic Hybrid" and "Race Car" in the same sentence. British firm Oaktec has decided to see if the granny-spec Civic has any potential as a racecar and has contracted performance car specialists Lotus Engineering to help transform the humble Honda hybrid into a fire-breathing, electron-guzzling motorsports [...]

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Honda has given the JDM-only Civic Type R a mild refresh for 2009, with a few subtle revisions being made to take the most hardcore small sedan ever created into the new year. Don’t get too excited though: the changes are only cosmetic and the power output, suspension setup and trim levels are [...]

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Honda took the wraps off the Mugen-developed Civic 5D Mugen at the recent Moscow Motor Show, and suffice to say, it’s one delectable looking hatchback. Mugen have succeeded in transposing the Type R flavour of the two-door FN2 Civic Type R onto its five-door sibling, and it’s tempting to say that the [...]

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If you’re a bit of a motorsports fiend and regularly track your car, you’ll no doubt be aware of the perils of oil starvation. Under hard acceleration, cornering and braking, oil can slosh away from the oil pump pickup and result in some rather undesirable outcomes like excessive conrod-to-block interaction or, if you’re lucky, a [...]

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Hmmm, while I’d love to say that yes, the shapely car you see before you is indeed the next generation Civic, it would probably be rather irresponsible of me to do so. You see, while the lads over at Auto Express are quite keen to label this as the all new 2010 [...]

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Thrashed the pants off your old whip and need something newer to cart your JDM-loving ass around in? You might want to give US parts manufacturer Skunk2 a call, as they’ve just recently put their 190fwkW EP3-based "Civic RR" onto the used car market. The price? A mere 17 Gorillas. [...]

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While most regional markets have enjoyed some kind of Type R goodness over the years, our friends in the USA have consistently been denied the ol’ Red H - which is slightly puzzling, considering the sheer number of Honda fanboys that seem to reside in that country. That may change in the [...]

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While its torsion beam rear suspension may lack the outright handling potential of the multi-link rear found in the Japanese Market FD2 Civic Type R, there’s no denying that the European (and Australian) spec FN2 CTR is one beautiful beast. In racing guise it’s even more handsome, and the JAS Motorsport-built Civic Type RR (not [...]

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That annual orgy of automotive hedonism, the Goodwood Festival of Speed, took place over the weekend and although the emphasis (as always) was undoubtedly on the local produce, a handful of tasty Japanese treats did manage to find their way onto Lord March’s hallowed driveway. For those that couldn’t make it we’ve prepared for you [...]

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Time Attack is now a truly global phenomenon, and the latest country to fall under its spell is Australia. The country’s inaugural time attack meeting was held at Oran Park in New South Wales on July 5, and being the first proper chance for me to experience such an event first hand I flew up [...]

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