Honda Civic Type R vs Volkswagen Golf R Comparison

Sometimes it seems that anything is possible in Malaysia – even Honda dealers who allegedly know the price of the all-new 2022 Honda Civic Type R (FL5) - even before its official launch in Japan! Rest assured, Honda Malaysia has swiftly rubbished these claims.This is in response to a recent social media post on Facebook that claims the 2022 Civic Type R was open for booking, and that the vehicle(s) in question are under warranty by Honda Malaysia, suggesting that these are officially impor

The Honda Civic wasn’t the only coveted Honda nameplate to make a big celebration in 2022. The Big H’s performance division, Type R is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.While the red R is currently only available on the Civic which saw the latest generation unveiled last week, the name was used on three other models – the NSX, Integra, and Accord.In fact, the Type R division helped to spark a performance renaissance among regular carmakers. The likes of Toyota, Renault

Teasing seems to be the new marketing game Honda plays these days. From the City to the HR-V, they’ve milked every single aspect of those cars and continued to do so with the all-new FL5 2022 Honda Civic Type R. Fortunately, or the Type R, we’re a little more patient though that game has finally ended with the official road of its turbocharged VTEC mill signalling its status as the most powerful Type R yet.This formerly boy racers favourite thats all grown up is based on the current

Big wing? Check. Three massive exhaust exits? Check. Aggression? Check. These three can only mean one thing, and one thing only for now: the 2023 Honda Civic Type R, and its making its debut very, very soon.How soon? Summer 2022, so anytime between this month and September. For now though Honda wants you to get hyped through its short-but-sweet teaser video, as a prototype goes full tilt around the Nürburgring.Also read: Final tease before debut, heres the all-new 2022 Honda Civic Type RNat

Honda is synonymous with VTEC, having established its technology for over 30 years now. Say the term VTEC and some might immediately picture uncivilised – sometimes deafening – Honda Civics blasting down the road. But like it or not, VTEC deserves a spot in the automotive hall of fame.VTEC stands for Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control. It essentially uses Variable Valve Lift (VVL), which allows the combination of two engine characteristics into one engine and can tra

Imitation engine lubricants are a cancer in automotive aftersales. Well maybe it’s more akin to Covid; an endemic. It’ isn’t going anywhere and we’ll have to learn to live with it but that doesn’t mean we can’t be careful to reduce our chances of catching it.That said, The Honda Guys channel on YouTube worked together with Honda dealer Ban Lee Heng Motor in Seremban to raise awareness on the imitation parts out there and how to easily tell them apart so you do

There’s a saying in the world of movies that goes something like, “Sequels aren’t as good as originals.” Some people call it the “Sequel Curse” and it’s a phrase I feel relevant to the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R Mk8.The Volkswagen Golf Mk8 is, in my eyes, a sequel to the brilliant Golf Mk7, which was all-new from the ground up, spearheading the MQB platform that became the virtual spine for Volkswagen. The Mk8 builds upon that and sits on a revised version o

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) confirmed today that the all-new eighth generation Golf is unlikely to be launched in Malaysia so soon.Although the Golf Mk8 made its debut in October last year, the model didn’t go on sale in left-hand drive Europe until December last year, while sales in right-hand drive UK only began in February, shortly before the world went into Covid-19 prevention mode.All other major right-hand drive markets including Japan and Australia, as well as Malaysia

Do you know the Incredible Hulk? All it took was a boatload of gamma radiation, and the once soft-spoken, unimposing Dr. Bruce Banner was suddenly a rage-filled green killing machine. Well it's silver but you get the pointIn a way, that’s what Volkswagen is too. Hear me out; I’ve not gone off my rockers just yet. See, talk about VW and you’ll most probably think of sedans (swoopy or otherwise) and maybe some SUVs, but they generally have that serious German d

Ask anyone who has ever driven a Volkswagen Golf R and they’ll tell you that it’s no slouch. However, German tuner ‘The Turbo Engineers’ thought that it needs a little more pep in its step.Enter what could possibly be the only five-cylinder Golf R in the world. The stock four-pot was swapped for a 2.5-litre turbo unit from the Audi RS3 but with a name like ‘The Turbo Engineers’, they took it upon themselves to strap a bigger turbo on it. Because that

 The Volkswagen Golf, in its current 7th generation form, may be a couple of years old, but it is still quite a capable alternative.With options such as the Ford Focus and Volvo V40 bowing out of our market, leaving the Volkswagen Golf as the only European C-segment hatchback available on sale.For the 2019 model year, Volkswagen introduced a new Sound & Style variant to the Golf line-up, which adds a Helix 300W soundbar, Volkswagen Tint, and Sound & Style emblems to the Golf TSI. Th

From now on, Volkswagen’s most powerful cars will bear a very different looking R. This is because Volkswagen R has launched a brand new R logo. The letter R is now stripped down to its essential components giving it a more distinct and sleek look. Klaus Bischoff, Head of Volkswagen Design Centre, and his team developed the new R logo together with Technical Development and the Volkswagen R Marketing Team.As the sportiest part of Volkswagen, designers carefully drew the R to