Did you know that every Honda Civic Type R, bar two specific variants, has been built in the UK? More than that, the glamorous town of Swindon was the birthplace of various generations of the regular Civic, Accord, Jazz and CR-V? Now, all of that has come to an end; this, the FK8 Type R, is the last to hail from these shores. So we decided to take one back home for a farewell drive, the Civic Type R Sport Line. Where better place to say goodbye than on the roads Honda used to test it?

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