Or car as it’s more commonly know. Welcome to the Civic Type-R GT (they have been given the SpaceShip nickname by their owners).

As you can see, I went for a Milano Red one, now red is usually not my car colour of choice, but it seems to suit the Type-R.

So far it’s been good fun, but not had chance to open her up properly yet, as it’s being run in (more for brakes and tyres etc than engine).

The SatNav/SoundSystem is cracking (it’s an Alpine one that Honda use JFYI), and the Hands Free telephone system seems quite reliable, even if you do have to re-program all the names you want it to detect from voice, as it needs to be trained.

But hey, small thing, and only needs doing once.

So far the only things I’m slightly disliking, the drivers seat is slightly too high, and the AV input to the 7″ screen is behind the dash, so you have to remove dash panels to get to it, but hey it’s actually there for the reversing camera option (no I didn’t spec that).

It has a thirst issue (25Mpg), should get a bit better after it’s run in though.

I’ll post some pictures of the interior, as it’s something to be seen, and one of the reasons I chose the Type-R over the Focus ST, Astra VXR and Golf GTI.