Civic Type R - Spec ?

nam · 18 Jul 2007 at 22:42

Hi,

Just seen these

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Are they Imports ?

BigshotPie · 18 Jul 2007 at 22:49

Bunka · 18 Jul 2007 at 23:01

Off topic, but white looks infinitely better than the blue for some reason.

Gaijin · 18 Jul 2007 at 23:16

FD2's are spanken :cool:

James_N · 18 Jul 2007 at 23:17

Gaijin said:
FD2's are spanken

oohh yes

danza · 19 Jul 2007 at 00:58

All FD2's are imports

Clarkey · 19 Jul 2007 at 01:09

How does the price on these compare with that of the god awful UK equivalent?

Dup · 19 Jul 2007 at 08:22

Imported they are about 22-25k I think. The FN2 (god awful UK one) comes in at 19-20k fully specced.

The FD2 has 240bhp and many refinements over the FN2 which is more or less the same as the old shape EP3 Type-R although with an earlier VTEC and higher limiter. Same engine however and nothing special or really gaining over the EP3.

The FD2 is what our new Civic Type-R should have been. If you want 5 doors, get one, but if you don't you could save some money and get a better looking Teg DC5.

Grumps82 · 19 Jul 2007 at 09:05

I like the look of those cars.

Clarkey · 19 Jul 2007 at 11:27

well worth the extra 2k then IMO.

[TW]Fox · 19 Jul 2007 at 11:28

Thats one nice Civic.

Burned_Alive · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:35

Looks awesome in silver with the darker wheels as seen on that blue fd2. Just a shame its not a 3 door.

Barry1337 · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:44

Burned_Alive said:
Looks awesome in silver with the darker wheels as seen on that blue fd2. Just a shame its not a 3 door.

really nice cars i would rather that over the 2 door anyday.

Gaijin · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:14

As I said before, I think these are lovely. I think of them as the younger, better looking brother of my car that went to the gym instead of sitting in front of the TV eating crisps

But as much as I hate to admit it, £22,000 can buy a lot more than 5DR i-VTEC

200bhpcars are advertising theirs for £20k on the DC5 forum if anyone is seriously interested. And it's white - oh yes

Dup · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:28

Gaijin said:
But as much as I hate to admit it, £22,000 can buy a lot more than 5DR i-VTEC

Yes, that is true. But how many are a brand new 4 door drivers car? You could pick up a decent Evo, RS4 B5 etc. But then with the FD2 you'd have one of a very small minority of cars.

The problem is they sell the standard platform model over here. At least with the DC5 they didn't do that, even though they are becoming less and less rare.