Thank you Honda

[Captain VXR]

Finally the Civic Type R gets the specification it should always had:
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/06...ic-type-r.html

[Jag_Warrior]

It's certainly a very sharp little car.


And 200hp from a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder is very impressive. It's just too bad it's all being fed to the front wheels. One has to wonder what sort of torque steer this thing has. I drove a 180hp Celica GTS several years ago. The torque steer was less than ideal. But I know Mugen has a devout cult following among the tuner car crowd, so I suspect this edition will be snapped up where ever they sell it. They could offer 5,000 of them in California alone and probably be sold out the first day.

But still, I really like the styling! Damn, that's nice! mokin:

[Captain VXR]

It's certainly a very sharp little car.


And 200hp from a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder is very impressive. It's just too bad it's all being fed to the front wheels. One has to wonder what sort of torque steer this thing has. I drove a 180hp Celica GTS several years ago. The torque steer was less than ideal. But I know Mugen has a devout cult following among the tuner car crowd, so I suspect this edition will be snapped up where ever they sell it. They could offer 5,000 of them in California alone and probably be sold out the first day.

But still, I really like the styling! Damn, that's nice! mokin:

its probably going to be 240bhp as the jap mugen civics make that and a standard uk type r does 198bhp

[Jag_Warrior]

That's a lot of horsies in a front wheel drive car. I dunno...

[Rollo]

But I know Mugen has a devout cult following among the tuner car crowd, so I suspect this edition will be snapped up where ever they sell it. They could offer 5,000 of them in California alone and probably be sold out the first day.

But still, I really like the styling! Damn, that's nice! mokin:

And yet again. the hatchback isn't even sold in North America. There's this sort of odd looking offering:

http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-coupe/

No Civic Type R, no Ford Focus ST, no Peugeot, Renault, Citroen.., anything. The whole idea of a hot hatch just bypasses North America entirely.

[MrJan]

That's a lot of horsies in a front wheel drive car. I dunno...

They have a fairly good base in terms of handling though, it'll hopefully not end up like the Astra VXR smokefest.

[AndyRAC]

Is there something wrong with 4WD/RWD??

Steer with the front, power to the rear..........

[leopard]

Honda is an auto maker who tends to produce car or bike type which they are prominence on the technology. They consistently produce four stroke in environment two stroke engine was acceptable while their competitors were massively producing two stroke bike. They may fill out interspace for two stroke but it never got big hit.

The same applies to the car, front wheel drive is their character. We may find the bigger type of car Honda will implement front wheel drive, which they believe it offer a sedan-like comfort. Hence you have to convert it to RWD if you want drifting on a Honda.

[Daniel]

240bhp in a 2l N/A car. Hmmmmm can someone say PEAKY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[wedge]

Finally the Civic Type R gets the specification it should always had:
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/06...ic-type-r.html

Still doesn't do the CTR justice.

Worse than EP3, JDM looks and handles better.


JDM CTR



JDM Mugen CTR