As part of a raft of changes being made to the Euro-market Civic, Honda has made a number of revisions to their FN2 Civic Type R hatchback.

The only major change is the addition of a Special Edition model to the CTR lineup, which among some minor cosmetic changes also boasts a limited slip differential (LSD).

While the JDM FD2 CTR has benefited from a helical LSD since its introduction in 2007, the European and Australian-market Type R's have made do with a open diff, limiting the amount of traction under power.

With the FN2 CTR-SE, however, the fancy differential gives the hot hatch a new lease of life, sharpening turning characteristics and delivering a Tsukuba lap time that's 1.44 seconds faster than the standard model.

Aesthetics have also been freshened up too, with Championship White being the only colour available on the CTR-SE and 18-inch white rims being exclusive to that model. Aside from some smoked chrome trim pieces on the exterior, the rest of the car is the same as the current model of FN2, meaning you still get 147kW from that 2-litre K20Z4 and a rather outmoded torsion-beam rear suspension.