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These are the first official pictures of the production-spec 2015 Honda Civic Type R, which will make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show early next month. They’re not particularly revealing, but the red badge, front under spoiler, huge wheels with red Brembo brakes and all-red meter displays with the special +R button are enough to make us giddy with excitement.
Also confirmed is its 270 km/h top speed, which will top the front-wheel drive hot hatch class. Getting it there will be a direct injection 2.0 litre VTEC TURBO engine with between 280 to 300 PS. Meanwhile, a flat underside, rear diffuser and bespoke rear wing will provide plenty of aerodynamic downforce, Honda says.
The fat four-piston front brake calipers are designed specifically for the Type R by Brembo, and are matched to massive 350 mm cross-drilled discs. They fit nicely within the red-lined 19-inch alloy wheels, which are painted black for a nice contrast against the iconic Championship White colour of the Geneva show car.
2014 Honda Civic Type R Concept
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Wow! So promising..
Focus Rs will eat this alive
If you talk about the upcoming new Ford Focus RS, that’s a 4WD hatch. Which is absolutely ridicilous if you compare with the FWD Civic Type R. You can only compare the Ford Focus RS with Merc AMG A series & VW Golf R.
Its still in the same segment. Then why people compare the Rs4 to the M3 and C63?? One is four-wheel drive the others rear wheel drive?? And all with different cc?
Further the golf R and A45 both has a 2.0 Turbo same as this Type-r, so its also a fair comparison to this type-r.
Sure the Focus Rs has a 2.3 turbo but so those the Wrx Sti hatch a 2.5 turbo. At that time it was also compared to the Golf R mk6. All are sports hatch.
That’s because in general, as the power ceiling goes up, FWD will be disadvantaged compared to 4WD & RWD cars when it comes to absolute driving /handling performance (Sub-300bhp is pretty much what FWD car could handle). Unless there’s a weight handicap on those 4WD or RWD, like those Supertouring Car days..
hi there.. i think your arguement kinda of invalid…if u put it that way, then there is not much car the honda is benchmarking their car as a cotender…yes, they sure are fwd, but the competitor im sure gonna be golf r, focus rs and others….unless you consider mazda mps as a contender or golf gti…wake up dude…i am not agreeing to abu sayur since the car havent made the appearance yet…however im sure there are rivals…my 2 cent, its time for civic type r fan to be inferior of the turbo….from humble owner of fd2r…
of course you can, same size engine. In the states car and driver compared WRX vs Golf Gti. Honda chickens out and does not dare to produce the same engine output as A45 AMG.
Be calm and wait for review only. Do you earn any money if this type R or RS win the review? You won’t then why bother?
A better comparison to this Type R would be a Scirocco R and Megane RS275. A RS3/A45 AMG/M135i/Focus RS/Golf R400 would definitely be a tad faster than this FF hatch.
Don’t worry, come to Malaysia, our pariah Government will jack it up to RM400,000
Nolar.. FD2R was RM200K kan… this one probably RM240K kut…..
Anyone knows if this will feature torsion beam at the back?
Now the Proton fanboys, including the noisy but crawling modded Wira/Waja/Saga can just put the ” The Power of Dream” sticker on their rear windscreen and dreaming they can drive up to 270km/h in their Proton now.
The Power of Dream, best to be seen on Proton’s drivers.
you are seriously need to check your brain dude..
The commenter above me is dreaming too much. Too bad you can’t afford your own car not even Kancil.
pity one.
So this is unbeatable by Proton saga? well hum.. okay dude.
Its 300hp , turbo , honda , imported , fancy interior / exterior , brembo brakes and etc..
takkan you nak harga 150k ?
why not? im sure honda can do it. sell us quality with less price. but not sure rosmah will allow
you can’t never be out of Rosmah shadow unless you detach your PR brain from your colon… pathetic…
Oooo……… aaahhhhh……..
This is it. Honda is about to create a legend again.
Turbocharged fwd? I foresee massive understeer.
It’s got some trick front suspension design & diff to reduce the understeer, something already seen on Renault Megane RS and the Ford Focus ST.
So what? There are loads of hatch wt Turbocharged FWD….GTI ..etc..etc..
Won’t it be massive torque steer because of fwd? The differential would have to work overtime to keep the car straight when the boost kicks in…
I’m guessing some kind of electronically controlled diff is in that.
Don’t forget torque steer as well.
VTEC Turbo…
*drools*
Why the current Honda Civic Fails in Sales Volume:
1. Lack of “Legendary” Type R Civic in the market.
2. Smallest C-segment in the market.
3. Similar design to the old generation Civic. Most will not buy a new car with the same old design.
Finally “Bonda power of dreams” fans could say ‘Vtec and turbo just kickin bro’…
Vtec kickin oso useless la.Still smell my smoke…
hehehe I saw “front” sensor on that nice bumper. Usually other car makers nicely “hiding” those sensors but here really saw it so obvious. Anyway let’s wait for the official announcement at Geneva.
Finally “Bonda power of dreams” fans could say ‘Vtec and turbo just kickin bro’.
270km/h is quite fast for an FWD car – is that the fastest production FWD? How does it do that from “only” 280-300bhp? Must be a pretty light car.
Now you learn Honda. don’t always dreaming.
“The power of turbo”
Yeah.. Long awaiting for this, turbo with VTEC… Finally Honda give in to the ‘turbo’ craze… Though not able to buy it, financially,for now..
cant wait to see this pitted against the focus RS.
Would like to know…is it possible on sale in Malaysia? any news??
Still a low-class ah beng car at the end of the day
What Do you drive ?
Great car for rich Ah Beng. Super Rich Ah Beng will go for 2nd hand GT-R.
Manual only.BOO.
Can’t drive manual? Boo.
can’t use three pedals..?? BOOOO.. not a real guy..
Booo.. U must be one of the kid that whole of your car in house is auto transmission.. spoil brat. haha poor u.
Of course it’s manual, it’s not meant to be driven by boring drivers like you.
booooooooooooooooooooooo, auto? u gota be kidding me. Legendary comment of the century i suppose
Real man drive 3 pedals. BOO
disable people like u never drives manual… boooo loser
Just put some sticker on your car, “Modern man use three pedal” and shut up!
You should amputating your left leg..
enjoy your gay automatic gearbox car
If less than rm200k, i will buy
Under 200k?!.then u had to wait several year for secondhand or recond unit.hehe
why waste money a RM200k Civic when we can buy
RM175k 2.5L Camry or Cheap RM170k 2.4L Accord.
Driving Civic is of the lower status.
non-turbo give u higher reliability for high speed driving too.
Driving Type-R with Hard suspension in Malaysia road.. such not-comfortable and passengers will have backache too.
why dont you ride a bicycle instead of taking a car?
macam la driving camry and accord ada status sgt..LOL
Why still consider about Camry and Accord?! Mamak Nasi Kandar boss can drive a Mercedes CLS. More comfortable than both and more performance.
Duh? Are you serious? Comparing Type R with Accord and Camry?
Who says Honda has gone soft…haha this is their answer to the world.
Saw the cockpit pic…funny they put the start/stop button up there with all the meters.
can tapao kampung spec Wira 4G93T ke..
Stock vs modi?? No way bro…
Compare with same spec la bro….adooyaii…bleh plk compare ngn 1.8
last paragraph “The fat four-piston front brake calipers…” flat four or fat four ? correction.
r u kidding me!!.. u r kidding rite?
For many years Honda has been controlling their lust to produce such monstrous cars (apart from the NSX), ignoring how other car makers racing each other to produce powerful 2 liter turbocharge cars like the Evo, STi, Golf, etc.
FD2R is the last true Honda Type R, the last 2.0 engine NA powered with FWD ever produced by them. Basically Honda is trying to say that they have achieved to maximize the power of 2.0 NA engine at its fullest and now it’s time for the CTR to upgrade itself to turbocharge world and play with some other big boys.
Well done, a great step forward for Honda, can’t wait for this new CTR to officially arrive here.
i seriously hope that wicked rear wing makes into final production. either way, welcome back honda we missed you.
Yawn… Just another Honda.
So?
Yawn… Just another jealous fella.
Missing now is Honda Civic TypeR in sedan form, look like the only Civic TypeR sedan is FD2R which is the most successful normally aspirated Honda Civic TypeR.
When people think of Honda, they will think of yellow hair pimple face ah beng. In US, honda is known to be rice boy favourite.
So, unless you like to hangout in puchong, jinjang or cheras, better don’t buy such low class car.
Go buy VW, Audi, Mercedes and BMW. Only got class.
I own an Audi and BMW and live in Cheras. How? Shall I sell my 2 cars and buy a Honda or move out of Cheras? But…but…I have no pimples to match my Honda? I am rolling on the ground…
Stupid fellow. Its gold/ blond. You colour blind or wat?What is wrong with gold hair?
Unicorn farts with turbo this time.
Bila nak keluar kat malaysia ni?
Yo.. Vtec kicks in..
Yo.. Turbo kick in..
So tempting to get one…
Most important question.. If come in to malaysia.. How many airbags will have?
Air bag, no idea. Plastic bag, sure can get plenty of it…
just wait for the JDM spec, should be a better buy
Estimated price… RM 950 x 280bhp = RM 266k
Then my triton should be priced at about rm129k!!! Wow, I never knew I was getting a bargain!!!
Flawless comment until I guess they all are engineers.
Saya tersangat suka kenderaa bemotor keluaran honda khususnya kkereta…tapi saya xmampu…biar sekadar minat…dan bersemagat untuk memilikinya
i’m cumming…!!
Mangasms i see.. Here’s a tissue.. Eeww..
I tought type r discontinued. But in wrong. Its back. Bravo
Mann… why i feel I missed 3-pedal car
According to a reliable Honda source. It won’t be coming to Malaysia anytime soon. This Type-R is for the European / North America market. If you want one you gotta import one in yourself :)
kids nowadays really pity, don’t blame them because of disabling to drive a manual la
I’m still 15 yr old…but I can drive manual and auto already…hha yg tk tahu tu..memang noob!!!..not a real guys…