Honda Civic Type R

The 2021 Honda Civic Type R is no longer available to order, as the iconic hot hatch approaches the end of its lifecycle. Honda Australia confirmed to CarAdvice order books for Honda's cult hot hatch closed in late 2020, following customer demand for the mid-life facelifted Civic Type R launched in October 2020 that "exceeded [Honda Australia's] expectations".

A subtler 2022 Honda Civic is coming, but the Type R looks set to stay wild. The next Civic hasn’t gone official just yet, but after patent renderings revealed most of the key visual details, there’s little left to ponder for the mainstream range. The 2022 Civic Type R, on the other hand, remains shrouded in mystery – or, at least, prototype camouflage.

Cult Japanese performance cars are continuing to fetch big money, with yet another example of an immaculate 20-year-old Honda selling for top dollar. A pristine year 2000 Honda Civic Type R hot hatch – with just 2549km on the clock – has sold at auction in Japan for 7.64 million Yen, which is equivalent to more than $101,000.

The Renault Megane RS Trophy-R has added another accolade to its portfolio, setting a new front-drive lap record at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. With a time of 2 minutes 48.338 seconds, the hardcore Megane was "more than five seconds better" than the previous record set by the Honda Civic Type R a year ago.

People often say “don’t forget where you came from”. Although we’re focused on every new car, every last detail here at CarAdvice, we have an extensive back-catalogue of news stories, lifestyle yarns and reviews. Here’s a look at what happened on the week of April 23 in years past. That's one fast Civic The small car platform weighs just 68kg thanks to heavy use of aluminium What a shame Dieselgate forced VW to can the project Read Crawf's review in full here