Generation Why: Honda PSIches Us Out With Turbo Type-R
It is a sound that is familiar to anyone of my generation, the manic buzzsaw howl of a Honda 4-cylinder. Unfairly tarnished in the minds of the public by legions of single-cam D-Series breathing...
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Generation Why: Forced Introduction
Back in September, I wrote a piece lamenting the death of Honda’s high-perofrmance hallmark, the twin-cam VTEC 4-cylinder engine. It was just the sort of article many of you are fed up with: a lengthy...
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Honda Civic Type-R Ushers In The Turbo Era
As is standard operating procedure for Honda, the Civic Type-R has been revealed, nominally labeled a “concept”, even though the production car will look nearly identical. This will be the first...
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Geneva 2015: Honda Civic Type-R Spied
Here it is, the first turbo Type-R. The Civic Type-R will debut at Geneva’s auto show this coming week, with an all-new (for Honda) turbocharged 2.0L VTEC engine. Honda claims it will be the fastest...
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More Pictures Of The Civic Type-R
Anyone willing to take bets we’ll see something like this on our shores? I’m thinking we’ll see the same powertrain but in a sedan or coupe. A Civic hatchback seems like a longshot, but with the...
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Geneva 2015: Honda Civic Type-R Revealed
At 310 horsepower, the Honda Civic Type R represents the first turbocharged performance vehicle from Honda, and the big H is aiming for the fastest front-wheel drive time around the Nurburgring....
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Next-Generation Honda Civic Will Get UK-Built 5-Door For North America
It’s been nearly a decade since Honda introduced a Civic hatchback in North America. But according to reports by the Nikkei, our market is slated to get another Civic hatch, which will also be built...
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Can American Honda Really Sell 2000 Civic Type Rs Per Month?
It’s going to be a while before you can buy a next-gen Honda Civic Type R in North America. We’ve seen the relatively thinly veiled version of the next Civic. Patent images were published on TTAC last...
View ArticleHonda Civic Type R to Boast 340 Horsepower: Report
Honda’s America-bound Civic Type R promises to be a scorching front-wheel-drive hatch with a 340-horsepower turbo 2.0-liter, according to an overseas report. Run and hide, Volkswagen Golf R. The...
View ArticleHonda Civic Type R Prototype: The Wing You’ve Been Waiting For
Honda has provided a glimpse of the U.S.-bound Civic Type R at the Paris Auto Show, albeit in concept form (though the automaker prefers the near-production term “prototype”). This Type R — designed in...
View ArticleDon’t Worry, Everyone – the Hottest Civic Money Can Buy Will Come With a CVT
An optional CVT, to be clear. We all know true motoring — as Mother Nature intended — should involve the manual changing of one’s own gears, but even scrappy, youth-infected Honda knows that stick...
View ArticleSo, the CVT Honda Civic Type R Isn’t Happening
It was all very exciting. The world of continuously variable transmissions was poised to grant entry to a new star — the snarling, winged and not-yet-born Honda Civic Type R. Hot hatch aficionados who...
View ArticleHonda Confirms Civic Type R for Geneva Debut and Summer Production
There has been so much nonsense surrounding the 2018 Honda Civic Type R that it was becoming difficult to separate fact from the fiction. Speculation on the car’s engine and transmission was endless....
View ArticleGeneva 2017: Honda’s Civic Type R Lands in American Driveways This Spring
If you’re an enthusiast in your thirties, there’s a good chance you’ve coveted Honda’s Civic Type R from a distance for the majority of your adult life. While the Civic Si made it to North American...
View ArticleAsk Jack: The Waffen or the Pirate?
Today’s Ask Jack, just like the calls in those old teen horror movies, is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE. Hey Jack, I’m a woman in her 30s with four cars — Chevrolet Tahoe Z71, Ford Fiesta ST, Chevrolet...
View ArticleHonda Actually has a Nurburgring-related Feat Worthy of Bragging About
“Tested on the Nürburgring,” is just the latest eye-rolling claim to be adopted by automakers desperate to instill a new product with an air of sportiness. “Nürburgring?!” being the anticipated...
View ArticleHonda Civic Type R Could Add 10 G’s to Si’s Sticker Price, Squeezes In Under...
Earlier this month, Honda announced pricing for its hotter Civic Si sedan and coupe, both of which carry an after-delivery price of $24,775. However, at 205 horsepower, the 2017 Civic Si’s powertrain...
View ArticleCharity Case Honda Civic Type R: First in the United States and Up For Auction
The very first Honda Civic Type R is being made available to U.S. buyers via auction, and it’s probably going to go for a small fortune. While my sensible side wants to urge you to save your money and...
View ArticleHonda Plans to Make the Civic Type R Wilder… and Milder
You’re not likely to find another car sporting over 300 horsepower and a price below $35,000 with the same kind of visual impact as the Honda Civic Type R. Call it over the top, call it arresting, or...
View ArticleSpinning Your Wheels: Here’s Why Dyno Results Are Incomplete and Useless
The release of the Civic Type R has created a lot of buzz. The recent media launch generated plenty of opinions as to its performance, including some reviewers who believe Honda has underrated the CTR...
View ArticleWhy Did Honda De-tune the Civic Type R’s 2.0T for 2018 Honda Accord Duty?
Launched in mid-June 2017, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is the first Honda-brand Type R product ever sold in the United States. And after generations of Honda enthusiasts tolerated relatively...
View Article2017 Honda Civic Type R Against the World – The Story of How Honda’s Fiery...
If you haven’t been within shouting distance of me in the last 12 months, or if you don’t live somewhere that has the internet, you might not be aware that I was the winner of the Unlimited class in...
View ArticleHonda Appears Ready to Launch a Cheaper, Entry-Level 2018 Civic Type R
American Honda launched the 2017 Honda Civic Type R in a single, fully equipped variant. Although you don’t see it in emblem form on the back of the car, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is sold exclusively...
View ArticleIt’s Crate Engine Day, Apparently – This Time, It’s the Honda Civic Type R Mill
Between Mopar’s 707-horsepower Hellcat engine and Honda’s 306-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter from the Civic Type R, the crate engine gods have smiled on both axles today. Like Mopar, Honda took...
View ArticleBuy/Drive/Burn: Three Flaming Hot Compacts; One Will Actually Burn
With his last Ace of Base segment, Matthew Guy got everyone talking about the base Volkswagen GTI S. It went so far as to cause certain members of the TTAC staff to build GTIs over at the Volkswagen...
View ArticleHonda’s Hottest Civic Sees a Second Price Bump
It’s a smokin’ deal compared to the first Honda Civic Type R to land on American shores. That vehicle, which carried a VIN ending in “1” without any numbers in front of it, went on the auction block at...
View Article2018 Honda Civic Type R Review – It’s Still All That
My first press trip as the M.E. at this august website had me driving the Honda Civic Type R on a track outside Seattle. And on road, as well. I pronounced it worthy of the hype. So naturally, I had to...
View ArticleReport: Honda Set to Shutter UK Plant, Home of the Civic Type R
Honda builds Civics in a number of locales, but Americans know of Honda’s Swindon, UK assembly plant mainly because of the Civic Type R. After years spent shunning the North American market, the...
View ArticleIt’s Looking Like the Next Honda Civic Type R Won’t Be Gas-only
Honda’s hottest front-driver, the Civic Type R, may be homeless once the company’s Swindon, UK assembly plant closes in 2022, but its future will not end there. Based on comments made at the Geneva...
View ArticleStay Wild: Refreshed 2020 Honda Civic Type R Doesn’t Spoil the Recipe
While the braintrust here at TTAC tend to gravitate towards the Honda Civic’s mid-range Si model and its happy-medium combo of performance and restrained styling, some folks want it all. And nothing...
View Article2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition: A Friskier Front-driver
With the refresh bestowed upon the wild Honda Civic Type R for 2020 comes a unique variant few Americans will get their hands on. However, unlike European buyers, those 600 lucky customers will at...
View ArticleRumor Mill: Honda Civic Type R to Get Even Wilder
The Honda Civic Type R isn’t exactly subtle. Its boy-racer styling and big wing announce its presence and mission with authority. It’s as if Honda is saying, “Hey, you want subtlety in a hi-po Civic?...
View Article2022 Honda Civic Type R Prototype Previewed
Honda has previewed the upcoming Civic Type R, now that it has prototypes testing at the Nürburgring. Knowing that the public would soon be seeing leaked photos of the model whizzing around the...
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