The new
Honda Civic Type R, set to come to the Asian and European markets, is referred to as a performance version of the original dull and uninteresting
Honda Civic hatchback. The main problem of this car is that some guy at
Honda really thinks that it takes only one horsepower to make a 'superhatch' out of a motorized wheelchair.
No, really. The
2007 Honda Civic Type R is equipped with a 2.0-liter DOHC i-VTEC with a maximum power output of only 201 hp reached at 8,000 rpm. That is exactly one horsepower more than is squeezed from the previous version of the
Civic. The zero to 62 mph acceleration is still the same 6.6 seconds. Compare this with the
2007 Mazdaspeed3's 274 horsepower 2.3-liter MZR DISI engine and its sub-six-second 0-60 time.
Honda will have to sell its
Type R at a
very competitive price to beat
Mazda's little monster.
Leftlane News has
some hi-res photos of the
2007 Honda Civic Type R.
See also: Honda Civic Hybrid wears the shield
