Honda Civic Type-R Ushers In The Turbo Era

by Derek Kreindler

Published: September 29th, 2014

honda civic type r ushers in the turbo era

As is standard operating procedure for Honda, the Civic Type-R has been revealed, nominally labeled a “concept”, even though the production car will look nearly identical.

This will be the first performance-minded Honda to use forced induction, with a 2.0L VTEC 4-cylinder making in excess of 278 horsepower thanks to turbocharging. Active dampers and a sport mode, dubbed “+R”, will give the new Civic the qualitative chops needed to compete with the Volkswagen Golf GTi, Ford Focus ST and other current generation hot hatches.

North American buyers will likely not get the wild looking hatch seen here, but hopefully the boosted VTEC four-banger makes its way here in the next Civic Si.

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WheelMcCoy on Sep 29, 2014

So how will it work? "VTEC just kicked in, yo!" followed by "Turbo just kicked in, yo!" or the other way around?

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Wmba on Sep 29, 2014

Honda. Holds forehead. "Wake up!"

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