Honda Yuasa Racing will be entering a Honda Civic Tourer in the 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The only estate car on the BTCC grid will make its track debut at Brands Hatch next March, piloted by Matt Neal and Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden.
According to CAR Magazine UK, the BTCC Honda Civic Tourer is powered by a 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbo engine that is estimated to develop upwards of 300 hp and around 300 Nm of torque, all of which are sent to the front wheels via a sequential six-speeder and a carbon clutch.
Honda claims the BTCC Honda Civic Tourer isn’t heavier than this year’s 1,280 kg hatchback and can exceed 250 km/h. The British publication also reports that compared with the road-going Civic Tourer, the racer has a wider track and extended wheel arches. Of course, the front splitter, rear wing, lightweight 18-inch multi-spoke alloys and Dunlop racing rubber are also evident additions.
This year’s season saw the team’s Honda Civic hatchbacks winning both the teams’ and manufacturers’ crowns for the fourth consecutive year, with Neal and Shedden narrowly missing out on the drivers’ crown.
“It might be a Tourer, but it’s still a Civic, the car that has won every championship in BTCC for the last three seasons,” said Shedden. “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of next season, and to seeing what the Tourer can do on race day.”
“Racing with the Civic Tourer means no compromise over the Civic hatchback,” said team manager Peter Crolla. “The weight, wheelbase, layout and suspension remain the same, but naturally, the length of the car is extended due to the larger tailgate.”
The first estate to compete in the BTCC was the Volvo 850 Estate in 1994. The car, built with the help of Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), raced for only one year before BTCC regulation changes necessitated a switch to a sedan-bodied version.
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Bawak masuk Malaysia la kalu berani..
Mana berani, kita dah ada Proton Exora CPS Turbo.
90% look alike Toyota Caldina GT4
WOW! VY NICE! giving ideas to what we can copy & mod one with our own car!
Meh!
Nice Honda. Would be better if below 1000kg.
Aaargh.. orgasm. Satisfaction. Cant wait until BTCC startes
Most probably the new type R will have this engine, look like prototype typeR though.
Hopefully HM will bring in the street car version complete with the all new VTEC Turbo 1.5L engine, probably together with the facelift Civic sedan !!
Bring it here. I like the back seat fold flat.. Very useful..
Proton hardcore fan can start day dreaming..
Somehow, a profesionally bengafied Honda looks really good
Gt86 is overall better choices than this.Wait until the launching of this, toyota already have twin turbo gt86 on its hand.
Fake fella, must be the sorhai tailangong K5 owner with a permanent hailat face
Thats a huge boot! Plus, the magic seats. Makes this very much an MPV disguised as an estate. Overall, the Honda Jade (possible will be the new Stream) in China looks better, though that is a clear MPV design. Anyways, the Civic Tourer (and basically the Euro Civic) will never make it here.
Is there a reason the BTCC version weighs 1280kg? Regulation requirements perhaps? Cos the Malaysian Civic FB 1.8 weighs almost the same.
As long as its not a kimchi, it will have RV
As long as its not a KIA, it can be traded in