Honda Civic Type R First drive

The Civic Type R has been tantalisingly dangled in front of everyones faces for a long time, and on paper its a serious proposition. 306bhp, 5. 7 seconds to 60mph and of course that massive rear wing. Even more impressive is the recordbreaking 7m 50sec Nurburgring time it set recently, which means eyebrows remain raised, especially in Renault s camp as it dethroned the rather superb Megane TrophyR (7m54sec). Matt Prior is here to tell us if Honda s latest and greatest redbadged hot hatch really is