Honda Civic Type R 2.0 Hatchback

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Since 2017, it’s been a truly outstanding hot hatchback that operates on a different level to the rest of its front-driven rivals. One with nary a chink in its armour. Yet three years into its life, Honda has dug very, very deep and found room for improvement. Crikey.

So you’re looking at the mildly updated Civic Type R (the FK8, if you’re a model code nerd). Notice we’ve not called it a ‘facelift’; to do so when one of the most divisive styling packages on the market hasn’t really changed would feel wrong. But the geekier among you will spot the revised grille, which now has a 13 per cent larger opening resulting in a 10-degree drop in coolant temperature on track days.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg of Honda’s forensic-level update; behind those red-trimmed alloys lurk two-piece discs (rather than one) to take 15mm of ‘dead travel’ out of the brake pedal, which we’d wager no one had actually complained about. There’s been a retune of how the adaptive damping behaves through a corner, for more precision. Something we never, ever thought the FK8 Type R lacked.

And then there’s its knob. The Type R possesses the finest manual gearshift of the last decade, with a satisfyingly stubby metal stick that controls the most beautifully wrought shift movement at any price. Except if you’re on the Civic’s engineering team. “Could be better,” they ludicrously thought.

So you’ve now got a teardrop (rather than ball) to grasp, recalling fast Hondas of yore, and it shrouds counterweights which improve the way it moves around the H-pattern. While everyone else abandons the good ship manual, Honda’s engineering team are the band still aboard clutching their instruments. Not only playing, but fine-tuning their performance as water washes in around their ankles. We salute them.

The Type R is otherwise mechanically untouched: six-speed manual and front-wheel drive only, with a 316bhp 2.0-litre turbo four flinging its 1.4 tonnes towards a 169mph top speed via a 5.8sec 0-62mph time. Proper figures, those.

There are a few more options than before, though: the ‘regular’ car, pictured here, is now bookended by a slightly more demure Type R Sport Line (much smaller rear wing, less red detailing, more sound deadening) and the considerably madder Type R Limited Edition (wearing committed Cup 2 tyres and weighing 47kg less than standard via forged BBS wheels, removal of the air con and stereo and less sound deadening). The latter costs a smidge under £40,000 and the UK’s 20-car allocation sold out in an hour. Suggesting you might never pay less than forty grand for one when they re-emerge in the classifieds.

The fact an engineer thought the FK8 Civic’s gearshift wasn’t quite perfect enough, and found a way to fix it, is important. Because it summarises the whole car. This updated Type R drives as spectacularly as ever while somehow feeling marginally sharper and more precise in ways we’d not thought important. Or possible.

You approach a corner, getting forceful but measured braking no matter how dimwittedly you stamp on the pedal, then bleed carefully off and back to the throttle as you turn its beautifully weighted steering wheel (now wrapped in Alcantara) before aggressively getting on the power at the merest sight of the exit, as its front differential doggedly draws you out of the turn before you fire up the road via two or three exquisite gearchanges. Again, no matter how ham-fistedly you’ve rowed the stick around. Then you look at the number on the TFT dials and think “better calm down a bit now…”

Grip is outrageous but not at the expense of some interactivity, and the car’s traction is unwavering (unless the weather’s awful) without ever seeming ruthless in the way tenacious four-wheel-drive stuff can sometimes feel.

And every control is sooo precise and perfectly judged. Criticising the Civic Type R is tough, and you almost need rivals present to provide some context; a quick Golf will ride a bit more comfily, a Hyundai i30N will more happily act the fool at ‘normal’ speeds. And with so much power – and supreme ability to put all of it to good use – the Civic’s performance isn’t always what you’d call attainable.

But that doesn’t stop it being satisfying however you choose to drive it, and while it perhaps feels a little less relenting on rough roads since its update, its damping had a bit of comfort to spare last time around, so it’s not an issue. There’s a genuine character change between the Civic’s Comfort, Sport and R+ modes, and the fact the car defaults to Sport each time you prod it into life feels about right. Comfort’s biggest asset is the way it dulls the exhaust note on a motorway cruise, while R+ isn’t necessary to wake the Type R up on a great road. But it does add some tangible excitement, not least in its more aggressive rev-matching on downshifts (which can be turned off, too).

It’s a brilliantly judged package that will please anyone, whatever they think of the looks. Which brings us to another point of nerdiness to note: the Sport Line, regular Type R and Limited Edition each get their own tyre to reflect how they’re likely to be used, with a Michelin Pilot Sport 4, Continental Sport Contact 6 and Michelin Cup 2 fitted respectively.

That’s probably responsible for the bright yellow Limited Edition’s biggest shift in character: we tried it on a sodden, narrow race circuit and it wanted to oversteer on every corner. Never a Type R trait before, but an absolute bundle of fun given how much information is drip-fed to you from every one of the Civic’s controls. It feels like a very special thing, though we can’t help but wonder why Honda stopped at ditching the air con and stereo and didn’t lose the rear seats too.

Most of the cabin is brilliant, and all the stuff that really matters has been nailed. The positioning of the pedals, steering wheel and gear knob are all set ‘just so’ for driving quickly, while the seats hug you just the right amount. In fact, you’ll find no better seats below £100,000 or so.

They put many supercars to shame when it comes to proving ‘support’ and ‘comfort’ aren’t enemy forces. They’re mounted much lower than in rival hot hatches, too, for a properly focused driving position (though you can ratchet them back up if you crave crossover-esque visibility).

Changes for 2020 include an Alcantara-wrapped ‘wheel – all the way round the rim, regardless of which level of spec you’ve chosen – and the option of more mature, less SHOUTY black seats if you go for the subtler Type R Sport Line. There’s also better phone link-up than ever, so you won’t be wound up by Honda’s own touchscreen setup for long. Phew.

Points of contention? You only get four belts – so there’s no popping a passenger in the middle of back seats – and lovely as the Alcantara wheel looks and feels, we wonder quite how red its red bits will look 10,000 miles down the line.

The Civic Type R is spectacular, a hot hatch of great maturity when you use it for sensible stuff, but one possessing a truly wild side when you’re in the mood.

Yes, the looks are OTT, but it’ll be a real shame if they hold people back from delving beneath the surface, where it’s an engineer’s playground. Even more so in updated, 2020 form. This may be the geekiest facelift ever, but it’s made the most formidable opponent on the hot hatch scene even trickier to beat.

Colour
White
Make
Honda
Mileage
150 Miles
Origin Country
UK
Year
2023
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