You’ll be hard-pressed to discover a DC2 in higher nick than this one
Clear nineties and noughties Japanese efficiency automobiles have gotten more and more onerous to seek out lately, particularly as younger petrol-heads fulfill their Quick and Livid fantasies and create what they deem to be the final word avenue automotive.
Many merely weren’t produced and/or offered in nice portions, some good examples are both crashed, trashed or stolen, whereas house owners with a clear set of wheels are tending to carry onto them for longer.
Due to this fact the itemizing of this near-immaculate 2001 Honda Integra Sort R on carsales is one thing of a Godsend for JDM collectors and VTEC fanboys alike, because it’s maybe the cleanest and lowest-mileage DC2 Sort R you’re prone to see.
Listed for a cool $65,000 and with simply 69,891km exhibiting on the odo, this ‘purple crackle’ instance was one of many final DC2s introduced into the nation earlier than the newer DC5 was launched in August 2001, having been delivered to its unique proprietor on September 2 that very same yr.
Honda fanatics will attest to the Integra Sort R being the model’s most targeted mainstream efficiency mannequin of its day, with a transparent give attention to sportiness and driver involvement above all else.
Squeezed beneath that low bonnet is likely one of the most lusted-after Japanese efficiency engines of all time: the 1.8-litre ‘B18C’ VTEC four-cylinder, good on this utility for 141kW of energy at a heady 7900rpm and 178Nm of torque at 6300rpm.
These outputs won’t sound like a lot, however they inspire a complete bundle weighing lower than 1100kg, gifting the compact coupe with a power-to-weight ratio of 130kW per tonne – higher than the present Hyundai i20 N and Mk8 Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Energy is shipped completely to the entrance wheels through a super-close ratio six-speed guide transmission and limited-slip differential – a mixture that’s nonetheless capable of yield a sub-7.0sec 0-100km/h time in the best fingers.
It feather-like kerb weight additionally means the Integra Sort R is a nutter within the bends, the place it generates immense ranges of grip, excessive mid-corner velocity and adjustability, rock-solid physique management and acres of communication from the controls – regardless of rolling on 15-inch wheels as commonplace – on the expense of journey consolation.
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Regardless of its raucous intent, this explicit automotive is fitted with nearly each essential manufacturing facility and aftermarket possibility you can get: air-conditioning, a six-stack CD participant, paint and material safety, tinted home windows and, curiously, an digital CAT rust-proofing system.
Not a lot is understood in regards to the automotive’s historical past between 2005 and June 2014, however we do comprehend it was traded in on a brand new car as a one-owner particular with 69,201km on the clock.
It was bought that very same yr by its second proprietor, who opted to protect it somewhat than thrash it – and take it to Tasmania – after seeing the great situation it was in, commissioning a full bare-metal respray that very same yr as a result of the roof and bonnet have been beginning to fade.
“01-214 has sat as a part of a small non-public assortment since 2014, unregistered and largely undriven in an effort to hold the odometer beneath 70,000km,” says the vendor.
“In 2022 the car was on show on the Nationwide Car Museum for a yr.
“An 80,000km service by Launceston Honda has simply been finished. All oils, filters and ancillary belts have been changed in addition to the timing belt and tensioner.”
