Steve DaSilva. Five years ago, Honda set a new front-wheel drive NĂĽrburgring record with the FK8 Civic Type R. That car ran a 7:43.8, which stood untested for a year before Renault took the
I can see Civic Type R following suit some day. Before all that, Honda will bring out an HR-V-sized electric crossover called e:NY1 next year, as well as ZR-V hybrid and an all-new bigger CR-V
And this time it’s no different. Honda introduced its eleventh generation Civic in 2021, and followed that up with the hybrid version and Type R in 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Civic. This year also just happens to be the 30th anniversary of the very first “Type R” road car—the NSX Type R which went on sale in 1992.
Honda announced this week that it’s new Civic Type R recaptured the Nürburgring lap record for front-wheel drive vehicles. It set a time of 7:44.881, though it’s not quite apples-to-apples
The new Civic Type R. ÂŁ29,995 of hardcore 306bhp Japanese hatch, Richard Hammond drives the original Honda Civic Type R and once away and blowing hard the Civic is massively fast. Massively.
The new-car smell has been replaced with fast-food aromatherapy from over 13,000 miles of road trips and commutes, as we did with our long-term 2019 Honda Civic Type R.
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