The next-generation Honda Civic Type-R will be powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine that might create as much as 300bhp, according to Yasuhisa Arai from Honda’s R&D centre.
Previous reports suggested it would utilize a advancement of Honda’s 1.6-litre motorsport engine, however Arai told automobile reveal that a 2.0-litre capability was needed to make sure the type R might be a lot more powerful than the Renaultsport Megane 265.
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Honda is utilizing the Megane as the benchmark as well as has pledged that the new Civic type R will beat the 265’s Nurburgring lap record for a front-wheel-drive cars and truck when it shows up in 2015.
Arai said: “We have an concept of the products our rivals are establishing as well as regardless of what any individual else produces, our cars and truck will be the fastest front-wheel-drive design around the Nurburgring when it goes on sale. as well as we will do whatever we requirement to in buy to make that happen.”
What’s more, Arai stated that in spite of utilizing turbo power he really hoped the engine would still offer the top-end rush of the old naturally-aspirated VTEC Type-R engine. Honda is likewise investigating a technique suspension set-up that must assist lessen torque steer as well as a variety of other performance-boosting enhancements.
These include fitting a mechanical limited-slip differential as well as perhaps even rear-wheel steering (although this would indicate redesigning the common Civic’s torsion beam rear suspension setup). The firm has just showcased its new precision All-Wheel steer at an event in Tochigi Japan, which we checked on a US-market Accord.
The system boosts cornering speeds as well as turns both rear wheels inwards somewhat under difficult braking to stop it weaving around.
The only problem is cost. Honda UK wants the new Civic Type-R to begin from no a lot more than £25,000 to make sure it is competitive on price. however is it truly possible to accomplish both this target as well as the lap record? Time will tell…