Esikhathini esithile esidlule ngathola ithuba qhathanisa iRenault Mégane RS kanye neHonda Civic Type R yesizukulwane esedlule. I 200 hp kusukela Honda Babengenaso isimo sengqondo esifana nesakwaRenault kodwa, ngokushintshana, ukumiswa kwangemuva okunezixhumanisi eziningi, ubuhlakani obukhethekile bomakhenikha, indlela yabo ecasukile yokukhuphuka emathangeni kanye nokushayela ngokungayekethisi kwabonakala kimi—futhi kusabonakala kimi— ezemidlalo kakhulu kunezimbangi zayo zaseFrance. Namuhla iMégane ine-F1, ethuthukisiwe esiteringini, ekumisweni nasenjinini, kanti abakwaHonda babheja injini eyodwa ngomzimba omusha, esindayo kanye ne-torsion-axle ngemuva. Umphumela uba ukuthi iRenault ekugcineni inemoto eyi-compact sports ezwakala kahle, kanti iHonda, ngokumangalisayo, ilahlekelwe kancane kulokho ebikunikeza futhi ithole iphuzu lokunethezeka. Ungalenzi iphutha, ukuphuma kuRenault ungene kwiHonda kufana nokulahla imidlalo yevidiyo ukuze ulawule impilo yangempela.
Imishini yayo ethile, efakwe ngokusatshalaliswa okuguquguqukayo kwe-VTEC yomkhiqizo, ivuselelwa ngokushesha kakhulu ngokusizwa ukushintsha kobudlelwano obuyisithupha obunentuthuko emifushane kakhulu. Ushintsho lusebenza ngokushesha okukhulu, nakuba okwesithathu kudinga ukufakwa okuqinile uma singafuni ukuzithola sisheshisa ngokugcwele futhi sizwe ukububula kokudluliselwa okungakangeni. Ukulawula ukuzinza (manje okukhona futhi okutholakalayo ngenkathi ngaphambili bekungakaze kube khona njengenketho) kusebenza kuphela lapho kudingekile kakhulu, futhi ukulunywa kwamabhuleki kukuvumela ukuba usebenzise ngokugcwele amandla emoto, nakuba emigwaqweni enezindawo eziphukile. i-ABS yabonakala kimi into esheshayo esenzweni sakhe. Izihlalo zinkulu kakhulu, zinophawu lomkhiqizo oluthungelwe kuzo futhi zinikeza ukubamba okukhethekile. Kodwa-ke, mancane ngokwanele ukuthwala abashayeli abakhulu futhi, ngemva kwesikhathi esingaphezu kwehora ngemuva kwesondo, unokuthile ngizizwe ngicindezelekile.
Kunoma yikuphi, ku iHonda yonke into iphila kakhudlwana, imizwa, isidingo sokuphakamisa injini, umsindo ngisho nendawo ethile yokushayela iholela umshayeli ukuthi ezwe yonke into ngendlela ecace kakhudlwana. Njengoba iwashi lisesandleni i-Civic ngeke ibe esheshayo, kodwa iwashi ngelamathrekhi. Ukuba abashayeli bemigwaqo evulekile abalangazelela ukuphila ngokuphepha injabulo yokushayela imidlalo, i-Civic yiyona ehlinzeka ngenhlansi; ugijima kuphela uma ekwazi ngempela ukuveza ikhono lakhe, futhi konke okukuye kuveza uthando lwezemidlalo. Imoto yokugcina egalaji futhi uyikhiphe ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze wenze ingxenye evaliwe emphakathini futhi esontekile, esontekile kakhulu.