Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...
Welcome to the ultimate VTEC-fueled chaos: the Honda Civic FD2 Type R taking on the Nürburgring with nothing held back. Built for high-revving fury and track precision, this JDM hero was bouncing off ...
s on the road now. Not much to look at; drive makes up for it Opinion is definitely split on its lairy looks and the way it delivers its turbocharged power. Phenomenally fast though the FK2 is, so far ...
Honda's most revered Type Rs have typically been produced using the most ordinary of base cars. The Integra was a completely humdrum coupe for many years before the DC2 iteration and its iconic ...
Honda has always been an unconventional marque; Their first car was a maniacal chain-driven roadster with a threshold exceeding the redline of 9500 rpm. It was a car made by enthusiasts, for ...
Over the course of the last year I keep hearing more and more about a new tuning company from Japan called M7. Already gaining speed in the US market with their trick aftermarket parts and clean ...
Honda's Type R designation first appeared on the NSX; the NSX-R being a stripped-out, track-ready version of the iconic mid-engine Ferrari fighter. The Championship White paint finish also originates ...
It has been over 30 years since the debut of the first Type R vehicle based on Honda's first supercar, the legendary NSX. Since then, the Japanese manufacturer's high-performance nameplate has become ...
Sometimes you meet a car that turns everything you thought you knew about the model on its head. The 2007-2011 FD2 Honda Civic Type R is the perfect case in point. Let me explain. Disappointingly, it ...
Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...
In matters of art and design, fashion and architecture, two separate factions of aesthetic seem to continually combat each other for ultimate supremacy. In one corner is minimalism, the champion of ...
The Honda Civic FD2 Type R screams to the limiter around the Nürburgring — raw, mechanical, and beautifully balanced.