Hot hatch and VTEC fans get excited. The 2018 Honda Civic Type R has arrived in Australia, with the first examples driving off the ship in Port Melbourne over the weekend. Around 60 customer cars arrived, with the first to touch Australian soil being a Rally Red example. This model […]
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2017 Honda Civic Type R priced from $50,990 in Australia
It’s almost here. The new Honda Civic Type R will soon touch down in Australia, coming in as one of the quickest hot hatches ever introduced here. As we all already know, the new Type R has cracked the Nurburgring production car lap record for a front-wheel drive, with a time […]
Hardcore Honda Civic Type R coming, potentially with AWD – report
Honda is reportedly planning more variants of the beloved Honda Civic Type R to help broaden its customer appeal, especially once the initial hype potentially wears off. According to a recent Automotive News report in the U.S., Honda will be launching various iterations of the new Civic Type R. The […]
2017 Honda Civic Type R does 0-100km/h in 5.7 seconds
Some more specs and performance figures of the new Honda Civic Type R have been confirmed for Europe, giving us some indication of the Australian specification before its local arrival later this year. We already know the new hot hatch will come with a 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder producing 235kW at […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R now available to order in Australia
If you’re itching to get your hands on Honda’s Nurburgring lap-record-holding Civic Type R, you don’t have to wait any longer as dealerships have begun taking orders. Honda Australia’s director Stephen Collins confirmed the news in an announcement today, saying: “Our dealers have been telling us that customers are eager […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R sets Nurburgring lap record (video)
It’s done it. The 2018 Honda Civic Type R has run the ultimate gauntlet in the performance car world, setting a new lap record at the Nurburgring. The production version stopped the clock in a blistering time of 7:43.80, cementing in a new lap record for a production front-wheel drive […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R debuts, on sale in Australia Q4
The veil has lifted on the 2018 Honda Civic Type R, giving us a clear look at what Honda’s ultimate hot hatch and former Nurburgring record holder has to offer. Any rumours of an automatic via CVT or dual-clutch gearbox are for now quashed as the sole transmission on offer […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R production version leaks online
The production version of Honda’s wild 2018 Civic Type R has broken cover ahead of its Geneva motor show debut, with the car looking largely similar to the show car revealed last year at the Paris motor show. Thanks to these pics first surfacing on Civic X forum, we can […]