The FL5 could even be described as more modest than Honda’s third Civic Type R, the FN2, which arrived in 2007. Hot on the heels of the impressive ‘breadvan’ EP3 Civic Type R, the FN2 packed ...

Obviously, this generation brought along a new Type R, the FN2, but there was a problem. The eighth generation Civic hatchback was significantly larger than the EP, and that meant a good amount of ...

Ichishima-san of Spoon Sports doesn’t seem so fussed. He’s confident Honda is at a crossroads right now and knows that whatever performance cars it will come up with in the future will ...

Civic Type R FN2 Engine Tuning The FN2 Type R’s 2.0-litre K20 engine kicks out a credible 198bhp and revs right round to 7,800rpm without fuss. Those are impressive numbers for any hot hatch of ...

Which Honda Civic Type R is the fastest in a straight line? This drag race answers that quite definitively, but the cars don't necessarily finish in the order they were built. Which generations are ...

The Honda Civic Type R’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder screamed to 8,000 rpm and developed 197 bhp at 7,400 rpm. This, combined ...

The FN2 is its hatchback equivalent and considered by many to be the worst Civic Type R of them all. It still had a 2.0-liter VTEC engine with just one extra horsepower, but gained weight and lost ...

Unlike previous Civic Type Rs, the FN2 was a European model. In Japan, a totally different Type R was now available in the form of the FD2, which had a far more conventional exterior ...

but now the newer iterations of the Civic Type R are coming to our shores. The rest of the world has had some time to play with these cars, and the FN2 generation, the first to make use of the ...

we actually jump one generation and land on the hot-hatch Civic Type R FN2 offered in Europe. On the outside, this generation Civic hatchback looked as futuristic as it gets, with a design almost ...

When the FN2 Honda Civic Type R was launched, the days of naturally-aspirated mass-produced cars were already numbered. With each passing evolution of VTEC technology, Honda engineers were under ...

But it’s still true to Honda’s naturally aspirated Type-R heritage, sky-high 8500rpm redline and old-school control inputs. Launched in 2007, the FN2-generation Euro-only Honda Civic Type-R ...