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This RWD-Swapped Widebody Honda Civic Is An Affront To Nature

Screenshot: Larry Chen on YouTube
Screenshot: Larry Chen on YouTube

Hondas are front-wheel drive. That’s just a fact. You can claim that the company has built some incredible rear-wheel drive cars in the past, like the S2000 or NSX, but they’re simply the exceptions proving the rule. There was never a rear-driven Civic, and there never will be. Anyone who says anything else is fooling themselves. God is crying.

The folks at Throtl have built a drift car out of their EK-generation Honda Civic, shaping the image of the car around the factory Civic Type R. It’s a front-engine rear-drive EK, so they’re calling the car F R E K. Okay, that’s creative. They won’t win me over, because this car was supposed to be front-wheel drive and should always be front-wheel drive.

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