Honda has just opened its order book in Europe for the new Honda Civic Type Rand the sporty compact sedan will land in France with the beginning of 2023on the occasion of the first deliveries scheduled for 1Er trimester.
“Celebrating 25 years of success, the Civic Type R enjoys iconic status with many loyal customers, racing clubs and communities across Europe”said Tom Gardner, vice president of Honda Motor Europe: “The latest generation builds on the success of previous models and uses Honda’s motorsport-derived technologies to create the most performance-oriented Civic Type R in our brand’s history.”.
Honda Civic Type R: from 55,000 euros
The manufacturer has just announced the prices of the Honda Civic Type R in France: one version will be offered in the catalog with a starting price. from 55,000 euros, excluding options. This represents an inflation of around €10,000 compared to the previous generation, but that’s not all.
Indeed, with emissions 186 g CO2/kmHonda Civic Type R is given dangerously ecological malus 10,011 euros in 2022 and even 12,552 euros in 2023… Enough to greatly inflate the final bill, which will thus exceed €67,500 from the beginning of next year!
It’s here. Take a first look at the new year 2023 #CivicTypeRofficially introduced in North America.
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—Honda (@Honda) July 21, 2022
Honda Civic Type R: 2.0-liter turbo engine with a capacity of 329 horsepower
The new Honda Civic Type R still holds the edge: it’s one of the last sports cars of its kind, equipped with a 100% internal combustion engine and manual transmission. In particular, it is a 2.0-liter VTEC Turbo from 329 horsepower and 420 Nm of torqueassociated with a six-speed manual gearbox, which has a high stiffness lever, an optimized gear grid, as well as a special mechanism to improve the smoothness of gear shifting.
This cavalry allows him to swallow Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.4 seconds, for a maximum speed of 275 km/h. As for consumption, Honda reports an average of 8.2 liters per 100 km, according to the WLTP cycle.
Honda Civic Type R: Fully equipped
In France, the Honda Civic Type R has extensive standard equipmentamong which we find dual-zone automatic air conditioning, hands-free start, adaptive suspension, sports seats, leather steering wheel, aluminum pedals, Honda Connect infotainment system with 9-inch touch screen, reversing camera, adaptive cruise control, curtain point monitoring and alarms.
The 19-inch light-alloy wheels are painted in matte black and fitted with 265/30 R19 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires.only one option available: metallic paint (650 euros), a choice of Racing Blue, Championship White, Rally Red, Crystal Black and Sonic Grey.
The most powerful production Honda ever offered in Canada. – The all-new 2023 Honda Civic Type R will make its world premiere on July 20 at 7:00 p.m. PT. Launching in Canada this fall, watch the camo fade away. pic.twitter.com/xf2U4NGDpf
— Honda Canada Inc. (@HondaCanada) July 12, 2022
Source: Auto Plus
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