Honda Civic Type R News in Malaysia

In response to the burgeoning demand in the used car market, Honda Malaysia is expanding their Honda Certified Used Car (HCUC) network, setting up an additional 32 sales hubs nationwide. This significant expansion aims to meet the increasing number of customers seeking pre-owned Honda vehicles or looking to trade in their current ones. HCUC services are available in the company's showrooms across the country since 2022. Vehicles under the HCUC banner have been given a comprehensive 288-point ins

Sanjay

Mar 14, 2024

They say, sometimes you should never meet your heroes – the 2024 Honda Civic Type R (FL5) is every bit a hero, not because it’s a turbocharged hatchback with four doors and a boot; there are quite a few of those. It’s the fact that one of the most traditional aspects of driving is preserved with that metallic 6-speed shifter in the centre console. It stubbornly holds on to a bygone era of technology in the interest of excitement and the spirit of driving and proves the method by still being as f

Arvind

Feb 10, 2024

Honda Malaysia announced today that it has achieved its annual sales target for 2023, surpassing 80,000 units in total sales. This accomplishment marks the tenth consecutive year that Honda Malaysia has retained its No.1 position in the Non-National Passenger Vehicle Segment since 2014. The year 2023 witnessed gradual recovery and a positive outlook, with the launches of four new models in the second half of the year: WR-V, City facelift, Civic Type R, and the all-new CR-V. Top selling Honda mod

Sanjay

Jan 24, 2024

Honda’s RS badge has often been mistaken for its high-performance-sounding initials. RS here does not mean “Rushing Speed” or “Racing Sports” but rather the less enthusiastic-sounding Road Sailing. To sail or glide along the road doesn’t exactly sound macho compared to the Type R or even the SiR badges that would be placed on other performance-oriented Hondas but the RS badge is an important one. It was first applied half a century ago on the first-generation Civic and turned the friendly-lookin

CY Foong

Jan 18, 2024

At today’s opening of the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon, Honda presented its Honda Civic RS prototype. Not to be confused with the RS e:HEV hybrid sedan sold by Honda Malaysia, this RS is based on the Civic Hatchback, the same body used by the Type R. More importantly, this RS hatchback has a 6-speed manual transmission, just like the Type R. The display model is still a prototype, but Honda says the model will go into production in the third quarter of 2024, and it will slot between the regular 1.5-lit

Hans

Jan 12, 2024

No redlines were left untouched at last weekend's Honda Type R Track Night, which saw an army of 60 cars take it to a wet Sepang International Circuit as a last-minute blast to cap 2023. Organised by Honda dealer Ban Lee Heng Motor – which runs dealerships in both Seremban and Melaka – the 30-Dec 2023 event drew the participation of (fast) Hondas of almost every vintage; from 1990's Civics, to a couple of Accord Euro Rs, all the way up to today's FL5 Civic Type R. On another note, you may rememb

Sanjay

Jan 4, 2024

Owners of Honda Type R vehicles, know someone who runs their mouth but always has a million reasons to not hit the track? Or is that person you? Either way, it's time to walk (drive?) the talk in the upcoming Track R Track Night that's happening next month! Organised by Seremban/Melaka dealers Ban Lee Heng Motor – whose passion for the coveted red R needs no further introduction – the event is taking place on 30-December 2023 the Sepang International Circuit, from 5 pm to 12 am. It's exclusive t

Sanjay

Nov 27, 2023

Honda Malaysia has collected more than 200 bookings for its very limited (just 19 units) allocation of the FL5 generation Honda Civic Type R for the year 2023. More units will come in 2024 (with possibility of a higher price) but buyers who want to get their cars this year, at its current RM 399,900 price will have to jostle with at least 200 more fans clamouring for the car. Since the announcement in Budget 2024, logistics – including vehicle transport – will now be a taxable service at 6%, and

Hans

Oct 18, 2023

In case you missed the highlight of the motoring world this week, the all-new (FL5) Honda Civic Type R has been unleashed for the Malaysian market at a slightly gulp-inducing price of RM 399,900. Of course, the price announcement was swiftly followed by complaints - from people who likely were never going to buy it anyway - that at nearly RM 400k, it is just too much for a Honda, regardless if it is the fastest FWD hot hatch on the planet. Also read: 2023 Honda Civic Type R (FL5) launched in Mal

Arvind

Sep 29, 2023

The FL5 generation Honda Civic Type R was launched in Malaysia earlier today, priced at RM 399,900. That’s quite a big jump from the previous FK8 generation model, which was last sold at circa RM 330k, but as you know, our 'shrink-git' Ringgit is also no longer what it was. Also, tight supply will keep prices high for quite a while. In Japan, there’s now a 2-year waiting list (it was at one point, up to 4 years) for the FL5 Civic Type R, and Honda dealers in Japan have been asked to stop taking

Hans

Sep 27, 2023