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Devastating news but understandable…
My inner carbon demon that I work hard to repress is my affection for powerful cars, especially, and no doubt unsurprisingly considering how often I write about their technology here, those made by Honda.
I have long been a fan (and am indeed an owner) of the Civic and in particular the awesome top-of-the-range Type R (available in regular and even hotter Mugen variants). So it was with much sadness that I read yesterday that Honda were ceasing production of the Type R for environmental reasons. A victim of European Euro 5 emission regulations, production of the car will cease by the end of 2010.
Perversely, the car will still be made in its home factory in Swindon but only for export to Australia where they are yet to ban it for its emission levels.
One side of me is proud to see my favourite car manufacturer take such a bold step to cut a popular product line for environmental reasons but the other is very sad to see this awesome car bite the dust. If other automakers follow Honda’s lead, this may well mark the turning point where the industry went green in a big way.
My inner carbon demon that I work hard to repress is my affection for powerful cars, especially, and no doubt unsurprisingly considering how often I write about their technology here, those made by Honda.
I have long been a fan (and am indeed an owner) of the Civic and in particular the awesome top-of-the-range Type R (available in regular and even hotter Mugen variants). So it was with much sadness that I read yesterday that Honda were ceasing production of the Type R for environmental reasons. A victim of European Euro 5 emission regulations, production of the car will cease by the end of 2010.
Perversely, the car will still be made in its home factory in Swindon but only for export to Australia where they are yet to ban it for its emission levels.
One side of me is proud to see my favourite car manufacturer take such a bold step to cut a popular product line for environmental reasons but the other is very sad to see this awesome car bite the dust. If other automakers follow Honda’s lead, this may well mark the turning point where the industry went green in a big way.
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