BTC-T Honda Civic Type-R

The BTC-T Honda Civic Type-R was a racing car built for the 2002 British Touring Car Championship season by Arena Motorsport, the team that ran Honda's official works program that year. It competed in the BTC-Touring class and gave Honda a strong return to the series: Andy Priaulx took the car's first podium and a win at Knockhill, Alan Morrison won at the final event, and Honda finished third in the constructors' championship. In 2003 the works effort grew to three cars and Honda finished second in the constructors' standings with six wins, and Matt Neal took third in the drivers' standings. Independent and customer teams, including Synchro Motorsport and Team Halfords, kept running Civics until 2006. Honda withdrew works support in 2005 and the Civics were retired after the 2006 season.