It’s official! The new Honda Civic Type R will be powered by a brand new direct-injection 2.0 litre turbocharged engine with at least 280 PS, as revealed by Manabu Nishimae, President of Honda Motor Europe, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It’ll right in the thick of the hot-hatch battle when it arrives in 2015.
If everything goes to Honda’s plans, it will sit right at the top of the class, boasting the fastest time around the Nurburgring circuit for a front-wheel drive car. An early CTR prototype has already been evaluated on the famed track, where it set a time “approaching the lap record,” currently held by the Renault Megane RS 265 Trophy.
There’s still some work to be done, then, but Honda has time on its hands. Also shown at Frankfurt is a video of Honda’s WTCC driver Gabriele Tarquini putting the 2015 Honda Civic Type R through its paces around the Nurburgring. Have a look below, and enjoy the sound of the new 280 PS engine going through its manual gearbox.
Honda isn’t quite ready to show us the car in full yet though – not even in concept form – as it’s still a good two years away from being production-ready. So, these officially sanctioned photos of the car testing at the ‘Ring are all we have for now.
The new shots don’t show us anything we haven’t seen before, as our European spies have caught the exact same prototype out testing on the road and track a whole month ago. That time, it was seen benchmarked against the 280 PS Vauxhall Astra VXR and 350 PS Ford Focus RS500, and we now know it will at least match the VXR’s power output.
Enough with the teasing, Honda, you’ve made the deal; we’re all ready to go. Just give us the car, already.
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War between Honda-Mitsu will be prolonged….
Mitsubishi? They don’t even have a replacement for the 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer, and you expect them to have an Evo X replacement in the near future? Mitsubishi is only interested in making cars like Attrage and Mirage nowadays, it’s sad.
R.I.P the days when mitsu made awesome 4×4’s and Evo’s and FTO’s…. sure quitting racing and rallying saves a lot of money… but like Subaru there isn’t much motivation to develop awesome products or even marketing. The future generation simply won’t understand about the legendary evo vs STI wars….they all would just dream of driving Audi TT’s
And they will say 3 pedal are difficult and sh*t.
Will the vtec kick in? Will there even be vtec?
Honda wa kaerimasu
Salah tu…
phew!!
Can’t wait for this to reach our shores! If it’s priced competitively with the megane RS..
Bad news is red line at 7000 rpm, isn’t Honda we know anymore.
Some people like the screaming 8000rpm torque-less wonder that was the previous Civic Type R. I for one welcome this new turbo Type R which would be much more driveable in day to day use.
Some Honda owners even actually add their own turbos on their Hondas… I bet they will have no problem with this turbo Type-R… Besides turbo engines are more easy to extract the power, little mod you could get 300-400 hp… Get more extreme then it will reach 600-700hp… Nothing’s impossible..
In traffic like KL, 90NM and 300 NM makes no difference. But when I want a spirited drive, rev till 9000rpm is what makes Honda a Honda, the sound it makes and the feel. New engine definitely go faster, but the feel, the rev isn’t there anymore.
frenzyaustin have you ever driven a turbo car with > 300Nm in a traffic jam before? You write as if you’ve never done so.
I drive two turbo cars to/from KLCC every rush hour week day, 400Nm@1700rpm. Point and shoot driving in traffic is a breeze because the car is so much more responsive and lively. You can slot into any space in traffic because you can out accelerate 90% of the cars on the road.
Go drive a turbo car with > 300Nm first.
forgive that some people still confused between the difference of torque and horsepower…
What you experienced with the Honda at 9000rpm is power. The feeling is really awesome, but it still have tiny torque. You gotta rev all the way above 7000rpm to get the same amount of torque you can find on a Preve at 1800rpm. That drinks a lot of fuel. I bet that the Honda is just like a Saga at revs below 3000rpm.
You never drive a turbocharged car with early torque ah? Get your asses off the PC and at least go test a Suprima or Peugeot 308 for free. Slot the gearbox into Sport mode and you’ll find it’s very easy to cilok2 spaces between those NA cars in traffic.
Stop-and-go driving in the age where efficiency and fuel consumption is important, FAT TORQUE MATTERS. A LOT.
The golden age of 8000rpm-and-above revs is gone….
if preve’s torque at 1800 rpm same as honda at 7000 rpm..is it preve or suprima win at straight line..i don’t think so..even both car hits the redline..still not match.of coz we talking about power..if people want power they can buy honda..if people want torque but considerably less Hp they can buy preve or suprima..
BOOOOM! In your face turbo haters!
Hahahahahahah
http://youtu.be/G7yu6VO_t4I?t=1m8s
If Honda’s Turbo sounds like this in their oad cars, thrn it’s a win win situation.
Yes it’s nice till you hear this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az39eqLIbyU&sns=em
Real one
http://youtu.be/QYvjLJls864
cars like this put on a disguise at least something unlike some junk makes…
You just go foryour beloved vios, what’s the point of making such cars if the market cannot give good enough profit. Economies of scale does matter.
Thank you Manabu Nishimae, for keeping the Type-R spirit..
A lot of Type-R purist will hate because the absence of high-revving NA engine, but this is the future..
VTEC Turbo.
Meanwhile Mazda 3 MPS lose its turbo.
new engine with tubocharger, good news for honda type r lovers.
Hmm.. is this model replacing the FN2? are the Japs gonna come out with their own version of CTR? Just imagine honda japan souped up the FB and turn it into a Type-R, ;) Goodbye hi-revving NA engine, welcome to the future of turbocharge..
If they do it, I think the Japanese version should achieve faster lap than Euro version. Jap’s Type R are more harsh and race oriented while Euro’s are more soft and “boring”.
how come the photo with the rev counter shows there is UP DOWN” text at the bottom? automatic gearbox (even though article says manual)?? or indicator for when to change gear up or down?
” enjoy the sound of the new 280 PS engine going through its manual gearbox.” Yay 3-pedals live!!
Thou I’am skeptical on the turbocharge this, the previous type-R are infamous for their addictive responsiveness of the high-revving V-TEC. Hope Honda can retain that. But other than that, it’s a step in right direction for Honda. Okay where’s that overdue S2k successor
so, is it a 6-speed AT gear box inside or CVT for the Malaysian market?
5-speed AT and 2 airbag.
take my money honda!!!
280 ps fr a FF? Wow…
Turbo-Charge Rules!
Proton fan can start dreaming…
Finallyyyyyyyy a turbocharged Honda type r .even mercedes e63 amg use turbos in their new model.Now this car seriously has the need for speed.Hell Yeah Honda!!!!!
I want that sweet 280hp drivetrain, in a sedan body like Civic/Accord… I have affinity for four door performance cars like Accord Euro R, Lotus Carlton (Omega), Merz E63 AMG and BMW M5…
Suprima S beater. Hahaha
This civic type r is different level from suprima s… Suprima is a standard turbo car for Malaysian but 2015 Civic Type R is racing breed stallion…. I’m sure i’ll be missing those high revving engine in the future. No more slamming the throttle until 10,000 rpm….. Huh…what a miss!!!
Honda can make powerful cars no doubt but fail miserably at making them powerful daily use cars like the GTi or megane
are u honda owner?
if not, don’t talk shit…
Yes, EX5, it’s still a Honda right?
look alike to previous gen civic type r euro version.
Will their (Honda) top priority effort in dethroning renault RS265, current record holder for fastest FF laptime in nurbergring, be successful?????……
Slap in a blender motor and make it a hybrid.. we still have tax break in MY are we not?
lets hope it’s not gonna have torsion beam rear suspension setup
like FN2R
Toyota yaris hybrid r produced 420hp with its 1.6L engine and 60hp motor
a person who types? TYPIST or TYPER
Hope Honda replaces the CRZ’s powertrain with this turbo-charged engine… the current hybrid gasoline-electric powertrain lets the good chassis and interior down.
ahhh..mazda 3 is better
At last, Vtec bows down to turbo awesomeness!
One has to take note that Honda’s biggest success in international motor racing was achieved first during the 1980s turbocharged F1 era. Honda-powered turbo F1 cars claimed the most race wins duringh that time (mid to late 1980s).
my vios turbo can beat any type-R including this one
just tell the world it can beat any lambos and ferraris, haha!
speed kills. Stick to your saga sv, plan your journey..no rush rush.
Huh…. no more slamming the throttle until 10,000 rpm… until the rev cut start to choking….. teng…teng…teng….!!! Even thou i like turbo car, but a high revving engine have a different feel and response. Love to slam the pedal to metal like nobody cares….. hahahahaha
2015….why u so long….
k20a lover wont bother since nowaday they achieved aproc 400hp on N/A, and 600hp on simple turbocharge
is it somebody juz said that his vios turbo can beat any type r..?? dude do u really need to turbo’ed ur vios to beat the NA car..?? WTH..