Hot Hatch Showdown: Focus RS VS Civic Type R
2 hot hatches, and the goal? To find out which one is the best, and which Sammy would choose out of the MK3 Ford Focus RS, and the Honda Civic Type R FK8! Today me and Sammy are taking out these 2 cars to find out which one would be her preferred choice, and which she would choose.
We take these 2 cars around the twists and turns of the Norfolk roads to test their comfort, handling, throttle response, sound, cornering, spaciousness, and other factors that will ultimately help Sammy decide which one of the 2 she would buy.
A big thanks to Honda for letting us take the car out, and once again Will for lending us his Focus RS.
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I had such a great time filming this video!! Thanks for having me on the channel again Dom 🙌🏻 I think fords will always be my favourite but there is just something about JDM cars that I love! Watch this space 👀😂
Great video guys!
Hi guys, really enjoyed the video. Hopefully I can be of some help here as I have owned a Black FK8 for a few years now and can share my thoughts on the car. First of all I use the car as my dailly so spend a lot of time driving it and overall I can honestly say its an absolutely fantastic machine! I love it and it makes me smile every day. I love the way it looks aswell. Its not bad on fuel for the commute, has never let me down (not one thing has gone wrong with it) and if you find the right road in the dry, its goes like the clappers! Get it passed 4K when the turbo is fully on song, keep planted and then Vtec hits in it goes bananas all the way to the redline. I love the coloured shift lights that come on the higher up the rev range you go and the autoblip downshifts! I found it took a bit of time to gel with the car (coming from a Golf R) its a different approach but once you become one with the car, it is great fun and can be an absolute weapon when you are in the mood. I like the fact that they are so rare aswell, I think I have only seen one other black one! You do get a lot of looks and comments on thr car. It has a lot of road presence and stand out from the crowd. We have two young kids and it handles family life well with the big boot and confort mode. In this mode however the car feels a bit neutered, softer setup on suspension and throttle respone and light steering. Sport mode which is the default setting on the car is the best for daily use I think. All that being said it has no problem on a long motorway run and is comfortable but can get a little unsettled on some of our broken B roads sometimes. Running costs have been less than my golf so no issues there. They seem to be really well built aswell. It is a great choice you have there to make. Lets put it this way, if I didnt have the Type R, I would have had the RS. You literally cannot go wrong with either! Maybe go for the Honda as it is something different to what you already have? Tough choice but whichever car you go with, I think you will be very happy indeed! I am excited for you! 😃
I didn’t like the exterior styling on the Civic & didn’t want FWD, so I bought the Focus. The FL5 is just way too big for me. Of course, it’s all personal preference & everyone should buy what they like.
nice, just picked up my evo 8 the other day, she rips,
Cheers from the states 🍻
I'm in a similar place right now .. The Fk8 is the car I keep looking at.. An RS doesn't hold much interest and this is coming from 14 years of owning an STI. The i30n and i20n also have my attention as both have good reviews from a driving experience.
RS over a civic no questions asked... alot of the time if you get the car slowly rolling in first you can then dip the clutch and it will then rev to limiter
FK8 without watching the full video 😂
The type R going from an FK8 black to a FL5 Grey Lolol compared to Focus RS is very simple would you preform surgery with a scalpel vs an axe lol
Ford with the Volvo engine and AWD. The com"FOR(D)T" way more better and Sammy feels at home behind the steering wheel.
Fk8 all day.. comfort mode makes steering lighter
Are you really happier with the Ford??? Hard to believe.
Should try an fk2
Fk8 all day
Ford RS with volvo t5 is FWD
And the rs is actually heavier than the fk8