I was browsing through an old Road & Track issue and stumbled upon this small review. Pardon the poor image; I don't have a scanner. If you're curious, the article is on page 262 in the June 1997 issue of Road & Track.



Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere. I was checking out itrsport.com's magazine reviews but couldn't find any Road & Track review.

Enjoy...and I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve and had/is having a great New Year's Day.

kepani-who got small kine influenza on NYE

 

I love the 97 R's...

 

Neat! Thanks for the stroll through memory lane.

 

memories.. during that time i was dreaming of owning one..

 

It was the holy grail back in the day.

 

They got some decent numbers out of it, 6.2 & 14.8. Occasionally I look at a Car & Driver I have from 97 which they tested the R. Their numbers were higher though. Then again the R isn't about raw numbers.

 

Haha intresting

 

always cool to read these original articles- and I usually learn something about the R everytime too


I was at the Honda/Acura dealership today looking at an RSX that has an "a-spec" factory "performance package." Nice looking car, wing, 17" JDM-ITR-looking wheels, front chin spoiler and some suspension changes. But the damn thing was $29,000 and already sold - you have got to be kidding me. I'd get an EVO before I ever bought some factory riced-out RSX for nearly $30K. When is Honda going to bring us another Type-R? The new Si is a joke, I'm sorry, I can't stand it... and that leaves us with what? The S2000, NSX.... much more expensive and not nearly the rawness of the ITR. I was reading about the Evo RS that is coming over, and it completely reminded me of the ITR. Honda needs to wake up!

edit: another cool thing to note about the EVO RS is that only 700 will be sent to the states, and you can only get them in Red or White. Sound familiar?

 

Great job kepani brings some mad memories "97" back when it was almost impossible to get one in SoCal dealers selling them as high $5k over sticker ridiculous,got one a year later tho a "98"

 

LOL! The "wimpy" GS-R...

 

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LOL.. I laughed at that also. Great article. If I knew more about Hondas in 2000, I would've purchased an R over my SI.

 

damn, 13mm sway bar for the GSR, and 22 for the Hype R. I never realized it was that much different.

Mothers agains excessive understeer must have been pretty pissed

 

 

The EVO RS unfortunately isn't all it's cracked up to be, apparently. It loses the wing, some sound insulation, AC, ABS, and body-matched mirrors (just black plastic mirrors...why, I have no idea), which wind up being about 70 lbs of stuff. It also gains a front helical LSD, and the price is maybe $2000 - 3000 less. It is made to be more raw, but in the sense that it's the starting point of a track car, rather than a ready-made one like the R. I was excited as well until I found out about those details. Search on http://www.evolutionm.net for more info if you're interested.

 

That article is a favorite of mine from way back. When I first saw it I was in Jr high!

 

Blast from the past, thanks for posting it up

 

now thats gangsta!

 

sniff sniff memories

 

i have that issue, i have some old issues where they suck the GSR's ***** as well.
The GSR was like in every other issue.

 

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing
Greg - who wishes he could go back in time, and buy a new 97

 

good old memories

 

Yep those were the days

 

I love reading thsoe kinds of articles.

 

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To some people, it still is...

 

For people who have never driven a GSR back-to-back with a Type R--yes, there is a huge difference between the two cars in stock form. I mean huge.

Hence is why my 97 GSR got traded in on a 00 ITR