As values for Type R Civics and Integras start to climb, Honda's half-forgotten saloon remains pleasingly cheap...
Whatever happened to the Honda Accord Type R? Think about it. Pretty much anything Honda makes with an R badge is lapped up by enthusiasts. It has rarely missed with numerous generations of Civic Type R, while the DC2 and DC5 Integras are considered some of the best front-wheel drive performance cars of, well, ever. And don’t get us started on the NSX-R, because it’ll just make values creep up even higher.
Granted, Honda would never release a new version of the NSX-R and while the Integra name has officially returned, it comes with an Acura badge and won’t be sold outside of the States. But that hasn’t dented their respective legacies, making it a little bizarre that, even though Honda has continued to build the Accord – albeit as a wafty Toyota Camry rival –the old Type R isn’t necessarily held in such high esteem as its stablemates.
This despite the fact it had all the right ingredients to be an absolute classic. A screaming VTEC engine up front producing 212hp which, of course, is sent exclusively to the front wheels through a six-speed manual. The chassis was also sublime, as had come to be expected with Honda’s previous Type R offerings, although it tends to be only diehard fans that favour the hot Accord over its more sought-after siblings.
It didn't help the model's cause that it faced stiff competition at the time from other performance legends. When it launched in 1998, the Accord Type R had to compete with the V6-engined Ford Mondeo ST200 and the rally-inspired Subaru Impreza WRX Turbo.
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