![]() The Golf still has some luxuries the Civic doesn't offer, including power seats, heated rear seats, and a head-up display. The tiny shifter nub didn’t make many friends either. Like the GTI, the Golf R comes with an infotainment system that makes even simple tasks difficult. To be fair, the Limited Edition is Honda's lightest Type R, having dumped such frivolous items as some of the sound-deadening material, the cargo cover, and the rear windshield wiper in a quest to shave a claimed 46 pounds off the standard Type R. But the all-wheel-drive Volkswagen is also heavier, weighing in at 3360 pounds, 276 more than the front-drive Honda. The Golf has a slight advantage, with 315 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque to the Civic's 306 ponies and 295 pound-feet. Both employ a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder with a 7000-rpm redline and similar horsepower and torque output. Other than the transmissions-the Type R remains six-speed manual only-the Volkswagen and Honda are similar under the hood. Still, our Volkswagen went higher since it came with the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission-the only option available-bringing its price to $45,440. We narrowed that gap considerably by choosing the track-focused Type R Limited Edition, which should be called the Type RR, for racy race, or maybe richy rich since it comes at a $45,010 price. In their base forms, the Civic Type R has the edge in value: $37,950 compared with the Golf R's $44,640. ![]() When two competitors are this closely aligned, a few small user-experience details can result in a victory. The buying decision basically came down to: How old are you, or how old do you want people to think you are? Coming into the rematch, we expected a similar result. Last time we set these two at each other, the conclusion was nebulous, with both getting such high points for performance and driving characteristics that choosing between them became all about their divergent exteriors-the Civic's origami aggression versus the Golf's more subtle angry-eyed egg. An F&F reference is legally required in any hot-hatch review.)Ī redesigned Civic Type R will come out in 2022, but since we've already waited more than a year to get these cars back in the ring, we didn't want to delay. But as soon as the 2022 eighth-gen Golf showed up, it was on like a nitrous bottle in a Fast & Furious movie. Things were peaceful in 2020, as Volkswagen took a year off from the Golf R. The fiercest fish in the hatchback tank, the Type R and the Golf R can't be in the same place without a fight breaking out. Oh, we've got two more: recurring rivals. It could also stand for revvy, rapid, and (surprisingly) refined. Just in case you couldn't figure this out on your own, the R in both the Civic Type R and the Golf R stands for racing. From the December 2021 issue of Car and Driver.
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