Sunday 29 May 2011

A Legendary Flame Rekindled

The 1998 Honda Integra DC2 Type R. Simple. Focused. Fun.

A car that followed the revered 1992 Honda NSX NA1 Type R, both in spirit and in engineering. It redefined the age-old view that front-wheel-drive machines will never be fun and will do nothing except understeer into the sand trap.

It was built in the era when Honda had a lot more focus in her R&D, and product differentiation pretty much dominated her lineup. Any discerning car enthusiast will never confuse the DC2 GSR for the DC2 Type R, nor an EK4 hatchback for the more highly-strung EK9.

This blog aims to put down in pen, a 13-year-old love story and the arduous process to bring a legend back to life; a Type R spirit, that in this author's opinion, was never seen again since the discontinuation of the NSX NA2 Type R.

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