The current Honda ... Civic Type Rs, its predecessor was a revelation. It drove better than any front-wheel-drive car had any right to, all while offering the daily practicality of a hatchback.

Being a Turbo model, this example gets a turbocharged 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine that made just shy of 100 horsepower when new. Given that a Honda City only weighs around 1600 pounds, that's ...