i'd imagine someone in a harsh climate wouldn't be shopping for a CTR. other than that, i've driven in rain and snow with a FWD car and did pretty well.
i'm in central CA so i luckily don't have to sweat it.

 

best fwd handling car !

 

FWD is best for fuel mileage as it is easier to pull than push. That and Honda has never had a good performance AWD system before.

Of course now would be a good time to start, but, R&D and not making it suck is difficult when never doing something before. And this day and age...people expect perfection.

 

actually, they did the CRV.


LOL

Honda has always had economical cars that drove well and pretty danged fast (Type Rs). that's a really, really good combination. no reason to change it, IMO.

 

I meant a performance awd...the crv and ridgeline, etc, were meant for traction in inclimate weather. Not sure how they'd hold up to the abuse we put our cars through...haha

 

i know. that's why i LOLed. the pumpkin on the CRV is the smallest i think i've ever seen LOL

 

Haha...have you ever been under a Datsun 510? 1970s Independent rear suspension...looks like a fist with toothpicks for axles. Lol

I was actually quite surprised at the beefiness of the Evo X drivetrain...heftier than most large RWD cars.

 

Oh man, I'd love one of these but after living in Winterpeg and driving AWD cars for 10 years there is no way I could go back to FWD for my primary car and I can't afford a new CTR for a summer toy

 

With focus rs coming to the states. This won't be on the top of my list at all.

 

the CTR isn't coming to the states anyway, if i remember right.

 

A CTR is coming to N.America, it has not been released exactly what and when.

 

Interesting. All the articles I've read said it's not.
This will be awesome.

Maybe it will be the first Type-R to out-handle the '97-01 ITR.

 

the previous gen CTR in euro spec didn't already do that?

 

Not that I know of, but it's possible.

 

I'm pretty confident, the newly released euro CTR has a pretty impressive ring time, faster than the outgoing NSX, Lambos, vettes... etc. Its no joke for a FWD car.

We'll have to wait for the 2016 civics, and then the Si, and then the CTR to arrive in N.America.... so I'm sure it will still take some time to see on the streets.