| Honda Motor Corp., the world's second largest | | | | telephones or leather interior. Instead, it |
| Japanese automobile and motorcycle | | | | will only get the features that will make it |
| manufacturer, presents the new Honda Civic | | | | look and feel more like a racing car. |
| Type-R. The Type-R philosophy will be shaking | | | | |
| the European-dominated "hot hatch" sector, as | | | | The new Honda Civic Type-R will be powered by |
| the company continues to provide more than | | | | a 2.0 L DOHC i-VTEC engine that has 148 kW of |
| just cars loaded with quality parts like the | | | | power and 193 Nm of torque. |
| Acura CL belts. The sporty concept targets to | | | | |
| attract the young and active crowd. | | | | The interior looks more like the main control |
| | | | room of a spaceship. The double layered |
| The new Honda Civic Type-R looks far from its | | | | dashboard comes with strategically placed red |
| Civic four-door siblings. It comes with a | | | | illuminated dials that sweeps around either |
| bonnet line that flows from the steep sloping | | | | side of the steering wheel. There are also |
| front window. There is also a rounded | | | | red start button, digital speedometer and |
| backside that has been adorned with a rear | | | | large dial in the center with tacho on the |
| boot fin. The clean lines were designed to | | | | perimeter and other meaningful info glowing |
| help the wind dynamics of the vehicle, though | | | | red - creating a futuristic feel. |
| it may hamper the driver's rear vision. | | | | |
| | | | The coupe concept gets decent cabin spacing. |
| The Type-R philosophy was mainly focused on | | | | It provides a high degree of convenience, |
| delivering a driving experience comparable | | | | flexibility and passenger accommodation. The |
| with ones in racing cars. It is intends to | | | | Civic Type-R has been equipped with Honda's |
| make the driver part of the machine through | | | | "magic seat" system that allows the rear |
| providing high levels of feedback from the | | | | seats to be folded - creating a full flat |
| vehicle, including sound, steering response | | | | rear cargo floor - eventually increasing the |
| and handling. | | | | usable boot space from 485 liters to 1,352 |
| | | | liters. |
| Aside from being fast, Type-R vehicles offer | | | | |
| excellent performance in gear changing, | | | | Overall, the Civic Type-R is masterpiece for |
| braking, steering and handling. They were | | | | involvement and a win over an 8,000 r.p.m. |
| designed to provide authentic driving | | | | redline. It is an impressive package loaded |
| experience, which won't be affected by | | | | with character and keenly priced for $39,990. |
| driving assisting systems or other features | | | | Unlike most of the Honda vehicles imported to |
| like the sound proofing that could diminish | | | | Australia, the new car will not be delivered |
| the driving involvement. For such reason, the | | | | from Thailand, but from Honda's UK plant in |
| Type-R Honda will not be sustained with | | | | Swindon. |
| luxury equipment, such as sat-nav, hands-free | | | | |