Honda will reveal full UK specifications of its new FL5 Civic Type R on November 30 ... having taken the front-wheel drive record at Suzuka Circuit with a time of 2:23.120 seconds.

There are invisible systems at work from the most unlikely places, evolved from the previous FK8 Type R but refined for the latest car, now called FL5. Before I dissected it in my home garage ...

It's easy to be cynical about the FL5-generation Civic Type R. On paper, it's very much an incremental upgrade over the FK8 and far from the most powerful hatch on sale, and now that Honda has ...