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Whoever conquers Europe
Compact cars were said to be a field where whoever conquers Europe, with the most rivals and the toughest judgments, conquers all. Just beating rivals in every area there was hard enough, yet it was decided to develop the TYPE R, the pinnacle of the Civic hatchback, exclusively for Japan. Hasshi at first felt he had been given a target that was too high, but together with the team he reframed it as a chance to hone the car on all kinds of roads in Europe, the home of the car.
