The red Honda badge indicates efficiency, for those in the know.

Put on the bucket seats and fire-up the engine using a push-button start and forthwith the engine has a throaty, free-revving response, the type of racing tone that establishes the tingles going down your back. With no turbo-charging, some very serious numbers are punched up by the Civic Type R. It embosses 148kW of power at 193Nm of torque, and 7800 rpm at 5600 rpm, that's really much a hot-hatch flavour. A limited-slip differential and a sixspeed manual gearbox apply commanding grip within the street forward.

This small Kind R revs up one's real life few hot-hatches can. Take a look!

Screaming together with 8000 rpm to the clock isn't a regular suggestion for absolutely any typical automobile. Then Hondas are not typical.

With their powerful Type R engines which are made by extremely excellent Honda engineers, engine fabrication is taken up a notch or two. Their opponents can just stand in awe of the precision and skillfully executed enginedesign assembled motors which make Honda engines some of the very efficient, high-powered and dependable engines known within the groups.

Honda's Civic Type R is really a genuine "mover and shaker" in international tiny powerful engines. This is really a fiery engine that packages an unbelievable clout that boxes nicely above its weight. With lots of "tear away" force, powerful is as near as the minute the accelerator is prodded. This is actually the form of drive that ensures enormous smiles from ear to ear and provides enormous amounts of satisfaction and thrills. It's no error the Honda Type R is given numerous auto awards to performance. This is really a performer.

The triangular exhaust intense encounter, curvy lines and low-profile, pipes and incredible alloys make a surefire method to the vehicle to turn heads. Lots of red and black color combos splash themselves through the auto's inside. The touches of chrome trim look amazingly flavoursome, and they create the Civic Type R a really persuasive "Hot Hatch" look.

A "Hot Hatch" is undoubtedly what the Civic Kind -R is. Honda has attained the acute Euro 4 emissions standard, with a combined fuel consumption of only 9.3 litres/100km, it is a performance automobile that attempts to credibly dampen the effect of Carbon dioxide emissions in the international environment.

Urge the front Macpherson-strut, and also the automobile on, and rear torsion-beam, chassis provides superb grip. In control, like a fit and nimble gymnast, and the front and rear stabiliser bars operate together to maintain the automobile as well-balanced. Even under severe cornering the responsive, and really light, electronic power-steering is amazing to see on any undulating and requiring road. You might be forgiven for thinking you're an F1 Maclaren driver.

Within the cockpit the small Honda Civic Type R is ergonomically well-laid out, and also the position is encouraging and roomy. The cottage is eye-catching, and there are lots of goodies to play with also. The car includes an accessory power outlet, outstanding front and rear air-conditioning with double-zone climate-control. The alloy gearknob with red stitched leather in the gearshift's foundation provides a sporty combo for the aluminium foot rest and drilled-aluminium sports pedals. A pleasant center console armrest, cruise-control, and cup-holders at both front and back of the automobile, are good touches. The driver gets an extremely nice strong multifunction steering-wheel that's black leatherwrapped with red stitching, nevertheless all residents will admire the nice Type R Alcantara front sports-seats. Audio sound is first class, and boasts tweeters.

Safety rates highly with TCS, VSA, ABS, EBD and DBW all being current active safety characteristics. The vehicle includes lots of airbags, front belt pre-tensioners plus a good side-impact protection beam. All belts are three-pointers and "kiddie" locks are conventional.

You'll remain well and actually in the front of the small sports car's opponents too!

Honda Civic Type-R review - Top Gear - BBC