When you can now buy a hot hatch with over 400bhp and spend over £60k in the process it’s hard to remember much simpler times when hot hatches, like the EP3 Honda Civic Type R, made merry with ...

The second-generation Honda Civic Type R EP3 is a fan favorite that delivers serious driving thrills wrapped up in a reliable and practical package. It’s still affordable but is rapidly becoming ...

The FL5 could even be described as more modest than Honda’s third Civic Type R, the FN2, which arrived in 2007. Hot on the heels of the impressive ‘breadvan’ EP3 Civic Type R, the FN2 packed ...

It was also the first to not be assembled in Japan, but rather Honda's recently shuttered UK facility in Swindon, where the regular Civic hatch was also assembled. In terms of styling, the EP3 ...

After its success in Europe, Honda decided to create a European-spec Honda Civic Type R derivative specifically for Western markets. That car would be based on the Swindon-built EP3 Honda Civic, ...