Hi all I currently have a Honda Civic 2017 (a regular one) but I always wanted a Type R. Looking at used cars market in my country, they are a bit out of my reach at the moment :D Could you recommend any other Japanese cars, that could scratch that itch but not destroy my wallet? Have to be family friendly too as I expect kids :D Cheers
Mazda 3 hatchback is kind of similar.
Nice one - heard a lot of good stuff about Mazda 3
I’m looking for something more sporty performing and more sporty looking though
More sporty performing? The modern Mazda 3 is pretty compelling with its driving feel. Car and Driver routinely rates it as one of their favorite vehicles to drive in that segment.
It can also come with a turbo 2.5L with 250 hp and 320 lb-ft. All in a hatch that weighs around 3500 lbs. AWD, too.
I’m sure you could also bring it to a tuner to get even more power out of it. I recently got my car with a naturally aspirated 3.5L tuned, and simply from that and colder plugs, they squeezed out another 20-25 hp and lb-ft over the stock tune in some areas. Peak numbers increased by 14 hp and 19 lb-ft.
A turbo’d engine could go even harder.
But I do concede that I’m not the biggest fan on how it currently looks. It’s back end looks too rounded. I also heard visibility is poor with it.
Pity they don’t pair the 2.5T with a manual…
Visibility for your blind spot is bad, but I feel like the side mirrors + blind spot monitoring work fine.