North American owners of the FK8 Honda Civic Type R show off their hot hatchbacks.
Since the first Civic Type R was introduced in the late 1990s, Honda fans in the United States have been clamoring for their chance to own the hot hatch. That dream became a reality when the FK8 Civic Type R was introduced in 2017 and as you might imagine, the 306 horsepower compact has proven to be a hot commodity as the first of its kind to be marketed in the United States.
In Honda-Tech‘s forum section for the new FK8, member “Toyomatt84” started a thread inviting Type R owners to share pictures of their hot hatch, and while the thread is short, it offers a great look at the hottest Civic to ever be sold stateside.
Civic Owners Flex for the Forum
The first person to shares pictures of a new Civic Type R was “25RFG2“, who shared pictures of chassis number 880. He offered pictures of the black hatch inside, outside and under the hood, including the picture below.
The next member to share a privately owned Type R was “JlsnyderTypeR“, who posted a picture of his Civic with his NSX, followed by “Grimace“, who didn’t share the chassis number when showing off his white CTR.
Honda-Tech sponsor “Fabworx” was next, showing off chassis number 57 while “Bouford“, “Fk8works” and “Gmane22” round out the current progress of the thread. Every member who shared posted at least one picture, while some followed 25RFG2’s lead and posted a variety of pictures from multiple angles.
While there have been a handful of FK8 Civic Type Rs posted to the thread, we imagine that there are more members on the forum with the 306-horsepower hot hatch, so if you are one of them, click here to head into the forum to share your own pictures.
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