Honda Civic Type-R blows packed on the ‘Ring

Posted on 14-08-2013 at 11:54 by ricardo – 58 Comments”

Since the elimination of the previous Civic Type-R Honda little more to look for in a hot hatchback-land. There is, however, changed, and how! The Japanese are working on a souped-up Civic with about 300 hp. Here you can see him for the first time on the Nürburgring tracks.

This cloaked test model is a harbinger to claim from Honda that they are the fastest car with front-wheel drive want to make that the Nürburgring has ever seen. A record that is currently on 8:08 minutes, and in the hands of the Renault Mégane RS. Not the least scheurijzer, so the stakes are high.

The atmospheric and delicious 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine of the previous Civic Type-R so desirable made will therefore have to die (emission standards, you know the story by now) but here is a turbo model with the same engine power and a more than welcome 300 hp in the first place, as announced Yasuhisa Arai from Honda’s R&D department recently.

The car will reportedly have a limited slip differential between the front wheels and will have four-wheel steering. On this test unit we see also a four uitlaatsierstukken, a bodykitje, a rather high spoiler on the same boot and go behind the alloy manhole covers bright red calipers hiding. Indicators that we are here with a kuitenbuiter.

Yes, this is a hatchbackje to keep in mind if he in 2014 comes on the market. Because we have you secretly definitely missed it, Honda.

Thanks to Gijs for the videotip!