All right, we are back. rush to Rees in Denver’s afternoon rush, Klz 560. Time of the week where we do a car review.
Richard, what have you driven lately?
That I drove one of the most fun cars that I have had a chance to drive in some time, and it didn’t break the bank. And that is the 2024 Honda Civic Type R. And yes, folks, it’s a Honda Civic, but it’s their performance version.
It’s got a 315 horsepower, two liter, four cylinder turbo underneath the engine. It only comes in a manual transmission, dad, and some people are going to say, well, that’s terrible. And in fact, I actually read some reviews on it, and people gave that as a negative.
And I will tell you this, I would not want this car in an automatic. This car is meant to be driven as a manual. It’s meant to, it lives in second and third gear.
It is an absolute blast to drive, especially here in Colorado with some of the windy roads and some of the fun stuff that we’ve got around here. Didn’t get a chance to take it up the hill, but I have zero doubts that it would do well in that regard. One of my most favorite cars to drive, it was really pretty.
It came in this special paint color called Boost Blue, which was just this really pretty light blue color. You can look it up and they’re really actually advertising it. Not really anything new from 2023 that it’s essentially specific on the inside.
The Civic that was introduced in 2022, they basically, essentially have done the same thing on this car. They kept it the same. Again, the Type R is the performance version of it.
This car, dad, there’s not really a whole lot of options you can get on it. It’s got a Type R performance package that adds some carbon fiber and some stuff on it, which really suits this car up. The price of the car as we tested it, 46,345, fuel economy with 22 and 28 for an average of 24.
However, that’s the last I’m going to talk about when it comes to this car because there’s nothing as far as practicality of saving fuel economy, anything like that. This is just a fun car to drive. It’s a blast how they’ve got the gears set up and I should say the power band is really phenomenal.
I think this thing tops out at close to 7,000 RPM. As far as that goes, you’ve got a fun Type R mode. You push this R button and it kind of puts you into this immense display and it’s got different G-forces depending on how you go.
It can log different things. If you wanted to take this car to the track, of course, we’re not able to do any of that. The most testing we’re able to do with this is, how fast can you get up to the highway speed on the highway?
Again, for most people, the one thing I will say, Dad, was able to take the kids to and from school in this car. The back seat has got plenty of room in it. The cargo area in the back has got plenty of room.
If you’re looking for a really fun sedan, this is a four-door sedan, of course, that you can still fit the kids in, still fit some golf bags or something like that. It is front wheel drive, which again, for here in Colorado, Dad, for most what we do in most of the year, and honestly, all but what, maybe one or two snowstorms, this would be sufficient. But of all of the performance cars we’ve driven, for under $50,000, Dad, I was incredibly impressed with this vehicle.
It ran really well. And I know you’ve seen this car on the road.
It looks great.
And you’ve seen kind of some of that.
No, that’s a great.
What is your opinion?
It’s a great looking car. You know, I’m not a huge wing fanned in the back on any car, by the way. But on this one, it actually looks really decent.
It fits the shape of the car. I guess you could say, you know, if you didn’t know this was a Civic, you wouldn’t know from looking at it.
And that is some of the comments I got. And I’m going to say compliments, because that is what I got. People looked at this car and they were like, what is that?
And I said, oh, that’s a Honda Civic type. They’re like a Civic. And I said, I said, let me come show you.
Sure enough, you’re showing me inside. It’s got a beautiful red suede, interior seats, everything else about it. just kind of like a Civic.
It’s got the infotainment system from a Civic. But outside of that, dad, this car, it doesn’t look like a Honda. And it’s not, and that’s not a bad thing.
No, no, not at all.
It looks, it looks and feels a lot more expensive and proper than it actually, well, I guess that maybe the price tag would suggest, right, you know, under $50,000. And just like I said, just a really fun car to drive, especially with that manual, because, dad, of all of the cars you and I drive, we might get one or two a year through a manual, correct?
That’s right, that’s right. Well, they’re just not making that many more of them, as you know, so it’s rare to even get one. But no, great car.
I mean, this is a car that a lot of people, Honda lovers, were waiting for them to come out with several years ago, now that it’s come out. And this is, I want to say, don’t quote me, but I think this is their second rendition of the Type R. Am I correct in saying that?
Yes, well, yes. I mean, as far as previous generations go, I believe you are correct.
Yeah, so again, a car that people waited for a long time on the Honda lineup, those of you that are interested in a really great, what I would call, fast, it is a luxury car. I mean, really, they’ve done a great job on this car, so probably shouldn’t name it luxury, but it’s really built that way. fabulous design, sedan, I guess what I was really trying to say, it’s what I would call a performance sedan, priced under 50K.
Yes, and you can get an Civic SI that’s got 200 horsepower, turbocharged engine. That thing can be about 30 to 35, depending on how you get it. Again, for an extra 10 grand, you’re stepping up the horsepower by over 100.
You get that 6-speed manual transmission. And like you said, not quite a luxury, but I’ll just say that it’s a performance sedan that’s on the more affordable side of things. So I encourage folks, get out.
If you’re interested in this, you’re in the market for this segment of car, test drive it because you’ll be really excited when you do. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard rush from Drive Radio and rush to Reason sent you.
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