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2016 honda type r price11/20/2023 The Civic Type R is an absolute sweetheart, no matter what you throw at it. More often than not, high-power hot hatchbacks are beset with compromise-peaky engines, punishing rides, and poor fuel economy are the rule of the day. The overall trend continues on the figure eight the more powerful Focus RS (24.0 seconds at 0.81 g average) manages to just beat out the Civic Type R's 24.7 second at 0.78 g performance, while the WRX STI and Golf R fall behind, at 25.1 seconds at 0.75 g and 25.4 seconds at 0.77 g, respectively.Įven more important than how the Civic Type R drives at the track is how it drives on the street. In braking tests, the Civic Type R manages to tie the Focus RS' 104 foot stop from 60 mph, beating the WRX STI's and Golf R's 109 foot stop. It's 14.0-second run at 102.5 mph trails the Focus RS' 13.3-second run at 103.3 mph, but the Civic still just beats out the WRX STI (14.1 seconds at 98.5 mph) and the Golf R (14.1 seconds at 102.7 mph). The Civic Type R maintains second place through the quarter mile, too. That's less than a second slower than the 350-hp all-wheel-drive Focus RS' 4.5-second time but more tellingly quicker than both a 305-hp 2018 WRX STI we recently tested and a six-speed manual-equipped 2016-model-year 292-hp Golf R, both of which benefit from grippy all-wheel-drive launches and need 5.7 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph. Thanks to its limited-slip diff eliminating torque steer and a lack of turbo lag, the 306-hp Type R accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds. With our Vbox and test gear hooked up, we lined our Championship White Civic Type R up for its first launch. The package is rounded out by racing buckets inside, a revised rear bench omitting the middle seat in favor of formfitting outboard seats and a center console, and functional styling add-ons that could've only come from a country that created Gundam and Initial D. It's mated to a Springfield rifle-slick six-speed manual and a mechanical limited-slip front diff. Under the hood goes a hot-rodded version of the new Honda Accord's 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4, making a class-competitive 306 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. As the Type R makes its way down the production line, the British workforce buzzes around it, fitting it with a dual-axis strut suspension up front, a multilink unit in back, and unique electronically adjustable dampers at all four corners. The base Civic hatchback body, already significantly stiffer than the previous-generation Civic Type R, gets adhesive joints in a few key areas to increase torsional stiffness. The magic starts in the English city of Swindon, on the very same production line that produces run-of-the-mill Civic hatchbacks for worldwide consumption.
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