Honda Civic Type R First Generation

Its a testament to more than 70 years of engineering in pursuit of our dreams. Lightweight aerodynamic and an absolute blast on both the track and the road.

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The civic type r is the ultimate embodiment of the honda racing legacy.

Honda civic type r first generation. The first civic to receive the type r name plate was based on the 6th generation of the fan base ek civic. The contributing base model was the jdm civic 3 door hatchback called the sir code named ek4. Like its sibling the integra type r dc2jdm db8 the civic sirs transformation into a type r was achieved by working on the base model and improving it to hondas idea of a car capable of.

The first generation civic a 12 litre three door manual was assembled in 1976 from ckd kits in new zealand by importer and distributor new zealand motor corporation nzmc at its petone plant near wellington. This was the first time honda cars had been assembled outside japan. Civic variants include sedan coupe five door hatchback si trims and type r models.

Honda claims the tenth generation civic si trim which is the eighth generation of civic to offer an si trim level reaches 60mph from 0mph in 70 seconds though car and driver was able to bring a 2017 civic si coupe to 60mph in 63 seconds. The new honda civic type r posted a 75063 beating the renault by over three seconds but the record was soon broken by vw gti again. 750 units of the fk2 civic type r were exported to japan making it the only variant of the ninth generation civic officially sold in the japanese market.

Since then most generations have offered a type r variant. The first generation type r version of the civic was the only version not offered outside japan. July 2015 saw the launch of the brand new honda civic type r manufactured at their swindon plant.

The 10th gen honda civic type r the first usdm civic type r thanks for watching. Please like and subscribe. The fifth generation honda civic type r was introduced in 2017 after being unveiled at the paris motor show in november 2016.

The new model builds on the companys heritage in developing high spec.

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