Category: Honda

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Honda CR-X is a lightweight two-seat coupé derived from the Civic and sold across two principal generations from 1983 to 1991. It combined a compact footprint, low weight and efficient four-cylinder engines; the later VTEC model added one of Honda’s defining high-revving powertrains. Quick answer: the angular 1983–87 car is…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Honda Civic Type R EP3 is the second-generation Civic Type R and the model that brought the badge into the British mainstream. Built at Honda’s Swindon factory from 2001, it combined a 2.0-litre K20A-series engine, a close-ratio six-speed gearbox and a practical three-door hatchback body. Quick answer: UK EP3s produced…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Honda Integra Type R DC2 is the focused, high-revving version of Honda’s third-generation Integra. Launched in Japan in 1995 and officially sold in Britain from 1998, it combined extensive weight reduction, a hand-finished B18C engine, a limited-slip differential and carefully tuned suspension. Quick answer: DC2 is the three-door liftback, while…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Honda S2000 is a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive two-seat roadster built from 1999 to 2009. Created around Honda’s 50th anniversary, it combined a stiff open body, a close-ratio six-speed gearbox and one of the most intense naturally aspirated four-cylinder engines ever fitted to a production car. Quick answer: AP1 identifies the original…