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Honda also included some neat touches in the car’s cabin. A relief from all the gray plastic is a splash of bright red-the pair of Recaro buckets in the front. The seats are lightweight but with heavy bolstering. There’s a Momo leather steering wheel with red stitching, complete with airbag. A hand-drop from that wheel is the titanium shift knob, activating a short-throw five-speed. The gauges are conventional white-on-black, but surrounded by carbon-fiber trim. Appropriately, the tachometer reads all the way to 10,000 rpm, but pity that it isn’t at the center of the gauge cluster. Practicality is not the raison d'être of this car, but there are two normal-sized rear seats and a large trunk. The Civic is one of the most user-friendly cars on earth, but the Type-R goes to the opposite extreme. It’s not a Civic that behaves normally but can go fast when called upon, like the VTi or SiR. It’s a street-legal racer with a few compromises to make it tolerable as a daily driver. Those who choose to do so may seem a little nutty, but they can take comfort from the fact that Mr. Hyde may be the madman of the two, but he’s surely the one who has more fun. |
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