Honda Civic Type R unveiled
New car launches in Paris next month
  Honda Civic Type R concept at the London Motor Show |
Honda will reveal a production version of the new Civic Type R on its biggest ever stand at the Paris Motor Show in September. At the London show in July, Honda said that the concept body on show there (see picture) was identical to the production model's exterior.
The keenly awaited Civic Type R also makes its debut in production-model guise. It'll use the same high-revving 197bhp engine as the outgoing model but in what Honda called "a more refined package for the road".
Honda's pitch for the car is that it "offers impressive performance levels with aggressive styling and improved handling characteristics to deliver enhanced predictability, responsiveness and an even more rewarding driving experience."
Alongside it on the Paris stand will be a racing variant of the new Civic Type R. Developed by JAS Motorsport – the official partner of Honda in customer racing support – the racing Civic Type R will be fully FIA homologated for 2007 track and rally events.
Honda’s F1 success will be represented on the stand by the winning RA106, as raced by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello this season, together with the Honda RA806E V8 engine which powers this car.
There'll also be a special edition of the Honda S2000 roadster in Platinum White and with a Passion Red and Black interior.
Also on show will be a new CR-V, the revised FR-V and the recently-launched Civic Type S, as well as the gadget-laden Accord.
Alternative fuels
Honda will also be showing the latest fuel cell technology in the form of the FCX Concept car, a premium four door saloon featuring a low-floor fuel cell platform that allows a spacious cabin.
Displayed alongside, and illustrating how such vehicles might be fuelled, will be Honda’s Home Energy Station. This can generate hydrogen from a domestic gas supply, as well as generate electricity to power the home using its own fuel cells, and at the same time recover the heat produced to provide a supply of hot water -- represented at the Motor Show by a ‘home’ set complete with TV screen and wash basin producing hot water, courtesy of the Home Energy Station.
Meanwhile, the Civic Hybrid Sports concept aims to demonstrate that super-efficiency can be stylish. Fitted with deep front and rear spoilers and side skirts, the aggressive-looking body is finished in a special blue paint, and set off by chrome finish seven-spoke alloy wheels and exhaust tailpipes. The interior colour scheme uses contrasting black and white with bucket seats.
Sharing the same part of the stand, the Civic Hybrid Cut model uses cutaways and transparent body panels to expose key elements of the hybrid technology to provide a better understanding of the technology and the benefits achieved.
I does..... shame Honda have said it wont be available in white.
According the latest info out of Honda UK the current colours are as follows:-
Type S colours:
Deep Bronze (YR-571P)
Alabaster Silver
Milano Red
Nighthawk Black
Royal Blue
Vivid Blue
Blueish Silver
Type R Colours:
Deep Bronze (YR-571P)
Alabaster Silver
Milano Red
Nighthawk Black
It sucks, Championship white SHOULD be on the options list, so lets hope they change their mind.
Its getting launcehd on this site in 2 days
www.redh.co.uk
Oh really! As far as I know they've ditched their traditional all round double wishbone setup for a cheapy rear torsion bar. Now I'm certainly no chassis or suspension expert but how can that be a good thing.
On the engine front I think they're considering a Type-RR with more power (possibly the same motor though)
Oh, and championship white has to be an option (unless reserved for RR)
Unfortunately after a lot of thought the best view is from the inside out. Can't grow to like that ass.
Its getting launcehd on this site in 2 days
www.redh.co.uk
I believe the torque has been increased to cope with the extra amounts of lard Honda have tacked on, but BHP stays the same.
Don't forget they are bringing out (or rumours say) a
Type R R (not a typo) so they don't want to outpower the new Type R. Can't wait for this one to come out it will be nice to compare them side by side
so I can decide which to stick with.... 
Oh, thanks for the Link insanojackson
Oh really! As far as I know they've ditched their traditional all round double wishbone setup for a cheapy rear torsion bar. Now I'm certainly no chassis or suspension expert but how can that be a good thing.
On the engine front I think they're considering a Type-RR with more power (possibly the same motor though)
Oh, and championship white has to be an option (unless reserved for RR)
Unfortunately after a lot of thought the best view is from the inside out. Can't grow to like that ass.
Well according to Evo the "cheapy rear torsion bar" suspension on the normal car works very well. To paraphrase the review they commented on how after driving the car you ended up "wondering why everyone else made their suspension so complicated when Honda can make such a simple set up work so well"
Type-RR was being considered, but the idea has now officially been dropped according to an interview in this months evo (that magazine again) Honda are instead focusing on the driving experience with this car. They claim that there would not be enough customers for a stripped out road racer version. They also re-confirmed that power will stay at 197bhp.
That list of colours came from a Honda source (hence including the colour code for the new bronze). Those colours were correct as of the british motorshow and were counted as the offficial colour charts for both cars. White not listed as available at all.
If that's the case I think Honda are shooting themselves in the foot, and it's a damn shame
. The reason the original CTR sold was due to the price tag, power to weight and it's potential to mod.
I have seen countless numbers of CTRs, Golfs, Clios (list goes on) out on track days, and a lot of them have been stripped and are used everyday, not just for the track.
If there isn't enough custom why are Renault offering a Single seated Clio 197 (second seat an option) road going stripped out racer available to order now!!
VW Golf GTi - Several mags have hinted that VW are looking at a stripped out GTi.
No doubt other manufacturers will follow suit once they see how easily these cars sell. Here's hoping.
Then it wouldn't be a Civic would it? the point of cars like these is that they are a laugh and engineered of mass-produced platforms - hence cheap performance.
As for the enviroment benefits, Honda has had LEV and ULEV (ultra low emmissions vehicles) in their fleets for some time, I think I remember reading that the last Type R Civic was ULEV. Same engine, a few tweaks, bingo, better for the environment.
Looks horn, love it. Hopefully they'll sell it here (Australia), Golf Gti's are getting common.
Ali.
They have to keep those wheels for sure. Glad they haven't hiked the BHP as it still fits in well with the rest of the range. After all as an S2000 owner I hardly want to see a 240 BHP Civic do I 
. Lets hope the extra weight doesn't compromise it too much. I'm looking forward to seeing some road tests on TV from the usual suspects.
bungle
www.turbobungle.com
PS. If anyone see's this car
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Please contact me at bungle@turbobungle.com or call the police as it was nicked off my mate's drive a few days ago. It now has front splitter, different rear bumper with quad exhaust, reg.No. P61 VGE although whole thing is probably in bits by now!
. I some how dont think it will, have to wait for this Type R R and continue to save for the NSX type R
I think you are right, I prefer the DC5 to the new civic (I have a s2k, but going next week for a Accord type-S, baby on way).
, it would be carnage 
I own the 06 car, have modified suspension for my track mr2 and still thought the CTR was macpherson strut based. Learn something new every day.
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I could listen to that sound clip all day, I've no idea what engine that is but i want it. Sounds like a ross between their F1 and Moto GP offerings. Possibly a GT? Do Honda even GT race?
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