Honda HPD Civic Type R TC Race Car: Attacking the Track Scott Evans,Manufacturer The official MotorTrend position on the Honda Civic Type R is pretty clear: It's awesome. In fact, we think it's the best front-wheel-drive sports car on the market. As good as it is, no street car is actually a race car. That said, you can absolutely turn a street car into a race car with the proper application of money, parts, time, and labor. Or you can skip all the hard work and hand Honda Performance Development (HPD) a stack of cash to build one for you. HPD calls it the Honda HPD Civic Type R TC, and the HPD people let us lap one.