Chris Harris Compares The FK8 Civic Type R To The Legendary EP3

The new Honda Civic Type R is the latest subject to be examined in Chris Harris Drives, where it's compared to the celebrated EP3

Matt Robinson

18 Dec 2017

The EP3 is considered to be the high point of the Civic Type R lineage (ignoring the FD2 most of the world didn’t get), so it’s not at all surprising to see Chris Harris use it as a benchmark when driving the new version.

The conclusion? That with the new ‘FK8’, Honda is back to its best when it comes to hot hatch building. Not only that, but Harris also questions whether cars like the Ford Focus RS really need to be four-wheel drive.

It’s an incredible car that’s stupidly capable and very fun to drive. You just need to be able to live with the looks…

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

So much VTEC in this video

Eccept only the EP3 have Vtec

Old cars: Soul and not as fast as people claim them to be

New cars: Fast but idk about soul and raw thrills

Honestly I don’t buy that soul crap. I can fell in love with a lighter… It’s all about you, not the car

I dont get why people say that old cars had “soul” because cars technically dont. A car can be very charachterful and fun to drive but even then they wont have a “soul”..

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Nice overrated joke

The shouty looks might be a problem…I propose that someone makes a bodykit that makes it looks retro or previous gens instead of the usually successful formula of carbon, wings and vents

EDIT TO THE TITLE:

Chris Harris Compares The Legendary FK8 Civic Type R To The EP3

I feel that the EK9 should be the legendary one - it is the daddy of the CTRs!

The point is, we never got the EK9 in the UK (to be fair, other than the Japanese, no-one did).
He’s comparing a UKDM car to a UKDM car.

pheeewww… bwaaaaaaa vteeeeeec

Ep3 all day. The new type R is a pre-teen fanboy design with a garbage engine choice. Not everything should be turbocharged. More power doesn’t equal more fun.