Honda Civic Type R Receives Minor Updates

cluster tail and stop lights. Other changes include side mirrors which are made power retractable and a new radio player with USB port.

By the way, Malaysia is so important a market to Honda that we are the only country, besides Japan, to have this proper Type R. The other countries make do with a much less hardcore Type R hatchback.

While we are not sure with Type R “having achieved cult status with a huge following in Malaysia”, as described by Toru Takahashi, CEO and Managing Director of Honda Malaysia, Malaysia does have almost 200 units on the roads.

The best part: Type R's selling price remains unchanged at RM 199,800 on-the-road with insurance. Read our review of this car here.

AboutSeow Yaohan

Seow Yao Han strives to bring you the latest and the most comprehensive information on cars available in Malaysia. But it's never easy for him to talk and write cars in this part of the world because what you lust after is often not what you drive home. When the euphoria of test-driving that branded, super-expensive sports car dies down, he just goes home in his less-than-glamorous ride.

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