Honda chose the Civic SiR as the starting point for the Type R, and then proceeded to beef everything up to 11. Much like the SiR, the EK9 Civic Type ... its larger sedan body style is more ...

The EP3 wasn’t the first Civic to be blessed with the Type R treatment – that was the Japanese market only EK9 – but ... with a seam welded body. Suspension was by Honda’s tweaked ...

It has been over 30 years since the debut of the first Type R vehicle based on Honda ... body with a shorter hood and longer windscreen, accompanied by a 2.55-inch higher roof compared to the EK9.

A dying breed it might be, but Honda has plenty of history ... We’re looking at almost 30 years of the Civic Type R now, going back to the original EK9 in 1997. VTEC valve timing baby.