• Civic Type R triumphs with Readers' Champion award • Also awarded Britain's Best Affordable Driver's Car • Made in Swindon, the Civic Type R is British built and exported world wide

• New front-wheel drive record set on Magny-Cours GP circuit, with a 2mins 1.51secs lap • WTCR driver, Esteban Guerrieri, achieves record lap in standard production car with road tyres • Record further reinforces Civic Type R’s position as a class benchmark • Type R Challenge 2018 aims to break records at 5 legendary European race circuits

• Expected in dealer forecourts from August • Available with both 1.0 i-VTEC petrol and 1.6 i-DTEC powertrains • Pricing, grades and fuel efficiency to come closer to launch

•Honda has taken three of the top awards in this year’s Honest John Awards, with the Jazz, Civic and HR-V winning the gongs for small hatchback, small family car and small crossover of the year respectively.