Honda to race 260kW Civic Type R in BTCC
New Honda hot hatch will go racing in the British BTCC next year, but next Type-R remains two years away from OzHonda's soon-to-be-released 228kW/400Nm turbocharged Civic Type R will soon be a permanent feature most race weekends at circuits around the UK following the announcement that the Honda Yuasa BTCC race team will campaign the hot hatch in next year’s British touring car series.
Already the world's fastest front-wheel drive car around the Nurburgring with its claimed 7:50.63 lap time, the new Civic will form the basis of a more powerful race car with a 2.0-litre turbo engine that’s boosted to 260kW. Torque, meanwhile, remains the same at 400Nm.
The Civic racer also gains a significantly wider front and rear track and boasts a new aero package that offers more downforce the old Civic Tourer, which retires from racing to give way to the faster hatch.
Honda Australia says it's working to import the new Type R into Australia in about two years' time, either late 2016 or early 2017 following the local launch of the
new NSX supercar in the second half of next year. Pricing is expected to be somewhere around the $50K mark.
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