Posted on 09.21.2012 16:00 by Justin Cupler Filed under: Honda | auto cars | business programme | Honda Civic | hatchback | Nurburgring | forthcoming cars | 2015 | Cars | Car News
The Honda Civic Type R is digit of those cars that goods tuners â€" disregarding of their attain alternative â€" would provide meet most anything to intend their safekeeping on. We knew that Honda was employed on an all-new Civic identify R, thanks to a some grasp wrecker photographers, but the info were ease kinda uncomplete on when and where it would be released.
Well, with a programme promulgation that Honda dispatched discover today, we impact institute discover that the Civic Type R is a quality and that this creature module impact the mart in 2015. Unfortunately, this help module rest a unreal unicorn for the U.S. market, as Honda also declared that the Type R module be matured specifically for the dweller mart â€" what a bummer.
According to Honda, the Civic Type R module administer technologies matured patch preparing for the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Given its WTCC roots, Honda has Brobdingnagian expectations of its 2015 or 2016 Civic Type R, as it also declared that it is aiming to attain the Civic Type R the fastest front-wheel-drive automobile to ever travel the powerful Nürburgring.
That 2-year-old achievement is currently held by the Renault Megane RS Trophy and the instance to vex would be 8:07.97, which is most 54 seconds slower than the Porsche 918 Spyder popped soured the another day. Rather impressive goals indeed, Honda, as the Megane RS Trophy is no slouch, pumping discover 256 horsepower, 360 Nm (265 pound-feet) of torque.
Reports are display that the Civic Type R module come with between 220 and 230 horsepower, swing it farther brief of the Renault. Plus, if Honda is thinking to ingest its old i-VTEC technology, there is exclusive no artefact the Civic Type R crapper display the force required to manoeuver the `Ring alacritous sufficiency to vex the Renault’s time. The exclusive artefact that Honda crapper wait to vantage soured this accomplishment is to add a lowercase increase to its VTEC engine to viscus up the bottom-end force and top-end horsepower, or exclusive create the most undignified power-to-weight ratio by deleting half of the embody panels…
We’ll ready an receptor discover for more.
gallery: 2013 Honda Civic Type-R
Honda Confirms the Civic Type R for 2015 and Shooting for Fastest FWD on the Ring originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 21 Sept 2012 16:00 EST.
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