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Road to Type-R: on the Nürburgring

We catch a lift with Europe's Civic Type-R owners for a very special lap of the 'ring

Just before the N24 kicked off Honda invited Civic Type-R owners to take part in a parade lap of the iconic circuit. Type-Rs of every shape and size, including many that made an appearance at our recent owners meet, took to the track.

Joined by a few NSXs and a selection of other Honda vehicles, we captured a few snaps of our ride in an EP3 Type-R just before the N24 started.

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You can see them below.

If you'd like to read about our recent evo drive-in, where we invited the UK's top Type-Rs to meet at Honda's HQ, you can see that here.

Alternatively, why not check out our preview of the new Type-R here.

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