Thanks to the The Globe and Mail for the shout out and mention of two of our great #teamteknotik members in the Drive section today Road test review of the new Civic Type R.

This summer, the 2017 Civic Type R will arrive in Canadian showrooms for the first time, belatedly fulfilling the wishes of Verner and all diehard Honda fans who remember the golden age of the nineties.

“That generation, now in their 30s and early 40s, the Type R was their dream car,” says Eric Daoust, an enthusiast and the owner of Teknotik, a Honda tuning shop in Toronto. “Their connection to [the Civic Type R], to its heritage and to the Honda brand is so strong.”

Stefan Verner’s Kraftwerks Supercharged 2009 Honda Civic Si

In March, Stefan Verner ditched work to go to a Honda dealer and put a $5,000 deposit down on a car, sight unseen, no test drive. He didn’t know how much the car would eventually cost. He didn’t know when it would arrive. He didn’t even know what colour it would be.

Rob Silva’s 1998 Honda Civic Type-R Conversion

Back when you couldn’t buy a Type R in Canada, you could build a reasonable facsimile with aftermarket parts and help from the Internet. That’s what Rob Silva did. He had the Type R poster on his wall as a teenager. A little older now, he’s poured his time and money into creating a 1998 Civic Type R lookalike that’s even more impressive than the real thing. The engine bay is cleaner than your kitchen table. On Instagram, he and his Civic have more than 45,000 followers.

For the Full Article head over to The Globe and Mail Review: Honda’s Civic Type R is not your ordinary economy car