Scoop: New Honda Civic Type R

Mag-X has has published info about the new Honda Civic Type R, which in August 2017 is going to make its debut in Japan. Sales of the new Civic have began in the US, with the European debut scheduled for the Paris Auto Salon in October. Sales in Japan will start during the second half of 2017. Price of the new Civic Type R is expected to be below 5,000,000 ¥. 

Source: Mag-X

Honda Civic Type-R EP3 model by WiT's

The Honda Civic Type-R EP3 model was the only Civic Type-R missing from my collection, so now with the arrival of this model, it is complete!

Latest report about spicy Honda CR-Z!!!

We know that Honda is working on a spicy CR-Z (earlier post) and this time, another report confirms that it will use a 2.0L NA engine. The power output claimed now is 190 ps and it is unclear whether it will be badged as Type R, or it will be given a different name such as CR-Z 2000. In any case, it is expected to be introduced in February 2012.

Honda Civic Type R 1998 (EK9) scale model!

This is the latest scale model arrival and it's a Honda Civic Type R 1998 (EK9) It is made by Interallied and the level of detail is good.

More photos after the jump!

Some more info about Honda's 2.0L NA CR-Z

As posted a few days ago (earlier post), Honda is working on a naturally aspired CR-Z and according to Best Car, Honda is speeding up the development of it due to high customer demand. BC claims that it is very likely to use the K20A engine of the Euro Civic Type R, which produces 201 PS at 7,800 rpm and 17.7 kgm of torque. The NA CR-Z is expected to have a better fuel efficiency, around 15.0 km/L under the 10.15 mode, compared to the 11.6 km/L of the Euro Type R. The NA CR-Z could wear the Type R badge.

In the past, Autocar reported that we will get a spicy CR-Z equipped with a turbocharged engine (earlier post). I guess we will have to be patient until we really find out what engine will be fitted, but at least we know that the CR-Z will not remain a hybrid only model.

Honda readies 2.0L NA CR-Z and Beat successor!

The latest issue of BC has some interesting news regarding the upcoming Honda models, and it seems that a 2.0L NA CR-Z is coming soon, as well as a Beat successor!!!

Soon I will be able to provide you with more info... so stay tuned!

Honda Civic Type R: EK9 vs EP3 vs FD2 vs FN2

Below is a nice technical comparison between all the generations of the Honda Civic Type R!

 EK9 vs EP3

Release Year	1995/09	2000/09
Year end	2000/09	2005/09
Type the reference year	1999/12	2004/04
Type	GF-EK9	ABA-EP3
Car Name	Civic	Civic
Grade	Type R	Type R
Riding capacity	4	4
Price	¥ 219.8 万円	¥ 233.1 万円
Takeshi Tamotsu × width × height	4185 × 1695 × 1360mm	4135 × 1695 × 1430mm
Interior length × width × height	1695 × 1390 × 1115mm	1805 × 1455 × 1175mm
Front / rear	1480mm/1480mm	1470mm/1470mm
Wheelbase	2620mm	2570mm
Turning circle	5.4m	5.7m
Vehicle weight	1070kg	1190kg
Drive system	FF	FF
Transmission	5MT	6MT
Tire Size	F:195/55R15　R:195/55R15	F:205/45R17　R:205/45R17
Engine Type	B16B	K20A
Emissions and type	1595cc　直4　DOHC	1998cc　直4　DOHC
Diameter × stroke	81mm × 77.4mm	86mm x 86mm
Compression ratio	10.8	11.5
Intake System	NA	NA
Maximum power output	185ps (136kW) / 8200rpm	215ps (158kW) / 8000rpm
Maximum torque	16.3kg ・ m (159.7N ・ m) / 7500rpm	20.6kg ・ m (201.9N ・ m) / 7000rpm
The use of fuel	High-octane gasoline	High-octane gasoline
10.15 mileage	13.6km / L	12.4km / L

FD2 vs FN2

Release Year	2005/09	←
Year end	2010/08	Drive current (December 2010)
Type the reference year	2008/09	2010/10
Type	ABA-FD2	ABA-FN2
Car Name	Civic	Civic
Grade	Type R	Type R Euro
Riding capacity	5	4
Price	¥ 283.5 万円	¥ 300.0 万円
Takeshi Tamotsu × width × height	4540 × 1770 × 1430mm	4270 × 1785 × 1445mm
Interior length × width × height	1900 × 1470 × 1170mm	2230 × 1445 × 1195mm
Front / rear	1505mm/1515mm	1505mm/1530mm
Wheelbase	2700mm	2635mm
Turning circle	5.9m	5.6m
Vehicle weight	1270kg	1320kg
Drive system	FF	FF
Transmission	6MT	6MT
Tire Size	F:225/40R18　R:225/40R18	F:225/40R18　R:225/40R18
Engine Type	K20A	K20A
Emissions and type	1998cc　直4　DOHC	1998cc　直4　DOHC
Diameter × stroke	86mm x 86mm	86mm x 86mm
Compression ratio	11.7	11.0
Intake System	NA	NA
Maximum power output	225ps (165kW) / 8000rpm	201ps (148kW) / 7800rpm
Maximum torque	21.9kg ・ m (214.6N ・ m) / 6100rpm	19.7kg ・ m (193.1N ・ m) / 5600rpm
The use of fuel	High-octane gasoline	High-octane gasoline
10.15 mileage	11.0km / L	11.6km / L
JC08 fuel economy		10.8km / L

[Source: greeco car channel]

Honda NSX-R technology (Japanese language)

FD2 Civic Type R at Aoyama dealership (... my favourite Civic Type R!!!)

Last orders: Honda Civic Type R (FN2)

A very nicely written article. Check it out!

Last orders: Honda Civic Type R « PetrolBlog
 

Some new scale model pre-orders placed!

Further to my latest pre-order for an Advantage GT-R Concept scale model (earlier post), I have placed three new ones today. Note that the photos of the Civic Type R model are from moke-up, so the real thing will much more detailed. Hopefully, I should get all of them by the end of March.

• Honda Civic Type R 1999 EK9 (Championship White) by Interallied (インターアライド)
• Lexus IS-F 2008 (Black) by Kyosho
• Toyota Crown Athlete 2008 (White) by Kyosho

Honda Civic Type R FD2 scale model by Ebbro

All the recent models that arrived (earlier post) are sealed and thus I wasn't able to take decent photos. Well, I decided to unwrap one of them and here are some detailed photos of it. This is a Honda Civic Type R FD2 scale model (1/43) by Ebbro in Crystal Black Pearl.

Honda Civic Type R Euro (FN2) YM2010 to be made available in Japan

Honda Civic Type R Euro YM2009 was made available in Japan last year and now,  Honda announced that the YM2010 will also be sold in limited numbers.

Latest scale model arrivals

During the last few weeks, the following models have been arrived from Japan:

• Honda Civic Type R FD2 (2007) in Championship White by Ebbro

• Honda Civic Type R FD2 (2007) in Crystal Black Pearl by Ebbro

• Honda Civic Mugen RR FD2 (2007) in Red by Ebbro

• Honda Civic Type R FN2 JDM in Championship White by Ebbro

• Nissan GT-R R34 V-SPEC II (2000) in White Pearl by Ebbro

• Nissan GT-R R35 V-SPEC (2009) in White Pearl by Ebbro

• Toyota Supra RZ (1996) in Gungray by Ebbro

Production of JDM Honda Civic Type R to be ceased

Production of the JDM Honda Civic Type R will be ceased at the end of August, based on official information from Honda. Since my very first own car was a Honda Civic FD1, it's really sad to see the Type R version going away, but the current model reaches the end of its life cycle... let's hope that the new one will be even better!