Anyone driven the R yet?

[macky17]

The new CTR is in several showrooms around here. The most local (Chelmsford) is offering passengers rides but no test drives until you put £500 deposit down :/ Anyone got further than I have?

[macky17]

The Chelmsford dealer definitely used the words "£500 deposit" when they told me. Insurance excess is slightly different but I still wouldn't expect this for a test drive.

[macky17]

I'm not a Ford fan boy, or a Honda one really, so I say this from an objective PoV: went to see a mk3 frs on display at Dunton in Essex today. It was black, understated and very cool. 346bhp v 306, 4wd v 2wd, probably the same price: why would anyone choose the CTR? If it still had the usp of a >8k revving na engine then yes I would understand totally but now it's a generic 4 pot turbo, the Honda (on paper) loses everywhere. If the reviews here and road tests were unanimous that the civic was incredible to drive then perhaps it might be different but people seem split. It will probably be the ford for me (was always going to buy one or the other). I think fords rival will be the golf r, not the Honda.