Here we go – live snaps of the 2015 Geneva show-stopper on the stand. The “race car for the road” that is the new Honda Civic Type R simply couldn’t ooze more aggression when viewed in the metal.
More so when you gloss over all its juicy bits – 2.0 litre VTEC Turbo with 7,000 rpm redline, 310 PS at 6,500 rpm and 400 Nm of torque at 2,500 rpm, six-speed manual, 0-100 km/h in 5.7 seconds, 270 km/h top whack, ‘+R’ button, four-point Adaptive Dampers, mechanical limited-slip diff, Brembo stoppers… Honda is saying all the words we want to hear.
Bearing fruit too, it seems – the Japanese carmaker has announced the Nurburgring lap time for its mental machine: 7 minutes 50.63 seconds. That’s almost four seconds faster than the current front-wheel drive lap record holder, the Renault Megane RS 275 Trophy-R (7:54.36).
Unfortunately, the boys can’t go to town just yet, as the record run wasn’t official. But rest assured – if we know Honda, they’ll be seeking to go back to the ‘Ring with the Trophy in their sights.
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Woww, my boyhood dreams making a grand comeback…it’ll be insanely priced out though once it reached here.
previous tyreR was rm199k official.
My spider senses are telling me this will be priced somewhere around RM220K to RM260K
Wasting time car, bodykit like crazy quad tail pipe 400nm still cannot even reach 4 secs century sprint
So, straight line acceleration is ALL that matters to u in measuring performance cars?
5.7 sec, i thought this car faster than subaru wrx sti
You travel straight line everyday?
No need to be fast, this cannot do cornering good
Halo….. wrx sti is 4WD la…..
Shame that they reverted back to suspended type accelerator pedal.. organ type is nicer to use for daily driving.
Overall nice car but seats are too red.
Another fight for Renault now…
this car makes me wonder if the wrx sti is still significant or not….subaru needs to improve its act
fantastic beast
Much better than old merc or old bmw coupe
Overpriced ah beng car
The car was slipping all the time on Nurburgring. With better sets of tyres the can easily cut 3 seconds or more from the lap time
Must use ‘stock’ production tyres, so that the car as close to production spec as possible to attempt this run.
How would you guys know what kind of sets of tyre they were using attempting the run? Is there such tyre that doesnt slips?
Wait baby i come for you sayang. But for now.. Drive my viva..
370Z nismo is a better buy
You wanna know to win a Renault? Because that’s how you win Renault.
Hey Honda, you really make me want to buy it.
Finally, pictures of the engine. Looks very nice in red. It says there Earth Dreams (ED), so could this be a 2.0 litre version of the Accord 2.4 ED, but with turbo? Or is it a completely new engine block.
Turbo that can bocor anytime
Btw, did anyone notice the Idle Stop button below the aircond controls on the dash?
Like facelift only… yawn.