Driving the EK9 Civic Type R is Honda's B16B 1.6-liter 4-cylinder with 181 hp. The JDM hot hatch rocks a five-speed manual gearbox and a limited-slip differential. This example was imported into the U.S. from Japan in 2023. The FL5-generation Honda Civic Type R is arguably the most exciting hot hatch currently on the market, building on Honda's rich history of red-badged Civics, and today we're looking at the one that started it all. The EK9-generation Civic was the first model sold with a... Read this story