It’s also worth noting that just like the new Type R, the EP3’s high-revving K20A2 engine once put it at the top of the pack for power. Nearly 200bhp was, at launch in 2001, a crazy number to ...

In the Civic’s case the power unit is a 1998cc, four-cylinder i-VTEC petrol unit designated K20A2. The official power output is 197bhp at 7400rpm and a modest 142lb ft of torque at a lofty 5900rpm.