When you can now buy a hot hatch with over 400bhp and spend over £60k in the process it’s hard to remember much simpler times when hot hatches, like the EP3 Honda Civic Type R, made merry with ...

where the regular Civic hatch was also assembled. In terms of styling, the EP3 Type R was a pretty radical departure from the EK9, and its much taller appearance and odd proportions required a bit ...

2001-2005 Honda Civic Type R EP3 (0-62 Mph In 6.2 Seconds, 146 Mph) The second-gen Civic Type R was the first model to be sold out of Japan, much to the delight of enthusiasts in Europe.

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 ...

After its success in Europe, Honda decided to create a European-spec Honda Civic Type R derivative specifically for Western markets. That car would be based on the Swindon-built EP3 Honda Civic, ...