I do like the Civic Type R. A lot of car for the money.
One caution though. My late lamented and much missed Father In Law bought a modest Civic as his last car. The Honda salesman tried to sell him a 2nd hand Type R as he had several in stock. At the time (2005 ish), they were getting a fair few 12 month old Type R's back on part-ex from people who had gone from 0-9points in less than a year.