As Honda winds down production of the FK8 generation Civic Type R and shuts down the Swindon factory that produces it, we take one out for a spin and learn how surprisingly refined this Swindon swan song is. Think "Honda", or "Type R", and you may start to conjure up images of naturally aspirated VTEC engined Civics. Unforgiving and loud.
The Kia Niro EV is the most convincing electric proposition we've tested so far, with an impressive range, surprising performance, and a full set of features to boot. One can generally categorise the electric vehicles we have reviewed so far into two distinct camps those that feel like jumped-up electric golf carts, and those that actually feel like proper.