New Honda Civic Type R on the way

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http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-honda-civic-type-r-2012-9-21

Arrives in 2015, will be fastest FWD car around the Nurburgring, says Honda

Posted by: Sam Philip , 21 September 2012

Good news for a grizzly, autumnal weekend! Honda is to introduce a new Civic Type R, a successor to its screaming, naturally aspirated hot hatch that died in 2010 (and pictured above).

Even better news! Honda says the new Civic Type R will aim to be ‘the fastest front-wheel drive vehicle on the Nurburgring’. To the best of our knowledge (and ‘Ring records are always a little hazy) that means it’ll have to beat the 8m08s lap set by the Renaultsport Megane RS Trophy last year. That’s a mighty quick lap.

Bad news for a grizzly, autumnal weekend! Firstly, the fourth-gen Civic Type R won’t arrive until 2015. Secondly, we have literally no idea how powerful it might be, or what engine it might use. Honda CEO Takanobu Ito announced yesterday his company’s plans to put a new hot hatch into production, but remained frustratingly schtum on tech details.

So it’d seem likely that Honda, with a ‘Ring record in its sights, will ditch simple N/A power in favour of a power system that delivers more horses for less CO2. Honda’s CR-Z coupe – while hardly sporty – uses a hybrid module to add electric power to its naturally aspirated petrol, and Honda yesterday announced development of new two- and three-motor hybrid systems, the latter of which will feature on the upcoming new NSX.

But the Civic Type R is more likely to turn turbo. Ito said it will represent the ‘application of technologies developed through Honda’s participation in WTCC’. This isn’t mere marketing fluff, but CEO-speak for ‘the Civic will use a 1.6-litre turbo engine’, developed from Honda’s take on the FIA’s ‘global engine’ specification.

How much power can Honda squeeze from a dinky 1.6? Well, consider the Megane Trophy makes 265bhp, so you’d expect the Civic to boast rather more if it wants to crush Renault’s record.

However much power (and torque steer) the Civic ends up with, it should represent a welcome return for both Type R – the discerning pirate’s performance brand – and (hopefully) the everyman hot Honda. So go on, TopGearists: how does your perfect Civic Type R look? Scribble your shopping lists below – and if you need to jog your memory, here’s what Richard and Jeremy thought of the last one:

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FN?

LAZIE

turbooooooooooooooo?????????????????

vassell

JDM R 已死， UK R 无爱。。

sukesl25

JDM R 已死， UK R 无爱 ，CHN 没R

冰炎之枫

Honda Japan都不卖civic了......sigh...

casanova

turbo 時代  來了?

5Z

什么时候还能在出个INTEGRA TYPE R！

Luigi

鼠標車呐

混文凭1

只爱fd2 只爱fd2 只爱fd2

sky9

sukesl25 发表于 2012-9-22 14:37
JDM R 已死， UK R 无爱 ，CHN 没R

毛R 呀~！。。。

sky9

5Z 发表于 2012-9-22 17:30
什么时候还能在出个INTEGRA TYPE R！

最好别出，那我们永远是开着最新款的Integra Type R

sukesl25

sky9 发表于 2012-9-22 21:09
毛R 呀~！。。。

度毛钱埋哦
乳R

Civic_R

我都不知道我又出新款了

jack200466

ek9經典   雖然有點老, 跟其他款比起

冰炎之枫

在节能减排，环保的大趋势下，企盼高转NA回归是不太可能了，就像文章说的...如果新type r目标是最速前驱刚炮的话，那起码比雷诺的梅甘娜RS的265ps要快吧，那na的1.6或者1.8，2.0原厂很难榨出这么大的马力吧，anyway，我只希望本田出性能车，就是性能车，别在搞什么狗屁hybird了，性能车就是性能车，要纯粹些，而不是秀你所谓可笑的高科技......

kkk9900

怎么觉得这集TG很久之前就看过。。。而且这部R被贬的一无是处啊，Jeremy都说了absolutely hopeless