The UK market never received the original EK9 Honda Civic Type ... but when the Civic Type R came along in 2007 it was clear the car couldn’t quite shrug off the effects of this more basic ...

That affordability allowed for a healthy turnout to the recent Type R event hosted by evo and Honda at the firm ... the Integra in 1995 and the EK9-generation Civic in 1997.

It has been over 30 years since the debut of the first Type R vehicle based on Honda's first supercar ... VTEC kicked in over 6,000 rpm. The Civic Type R EK9 was not only a one-trick pony ...