Video: Honda Integra Type R meets 2019 Civic Type R - VTEC explained

Autocar heroes: Civic Type R meets Integra Type R Honda's current hottest hatchback meets its ancestor as we see whether newer is better - and dig deep into the tech that powers those VTEC engines

The Honda Civic Type R is arguably today's greatest hot hatchback. Decades of Type R innovation has brought us to the point where the latest Civic is pushing more than 300bhp through its front wheels.

So, how did we get here? What defines what makes a great Type R and, indeed, a great front-wheel drive driver's car at all?

We take a Civic to revisit one of the greatest Type Rs ever and, perhaps, the best front-wheel drive driver's car of all time: the Integra Type R, the small coupe that was among the first Type Rs in Europe, and whose VTEC engine went on to define Honda's performance brand.

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