Honda claims it has only 3117 pounds to pull around, and we can confirm the 2.0-liter does so without hiccup or noticeable turbo lag. This is, however, a great performance engine. But we might have liked something a little more thrilling in this zestiest of Civics. At low rpm there is a decent little rasp, but in the engine’s upper reaches the whole thing goes quiet. The end result is somewhat less fascinating than the means by which it is achieved. Exhaust pressure alone effects the change. This is done without butterfly valves in the exhaust. At high engine speeds, exhaust air flows almost exclusively through the main pipes, bypassing the resonator and reducing, says Honda, any booming noises. At relatively low engine speeds, air flows through the outer pipes and the resonator/center pipe, which adds some raspiness to the engine’s note. This resonator also attaches to the outer pipes. The smaller center pipe connects to a resonator tucked just behind the bumper cover. The fat outer two are the primary exhaust routing. It’s not just styling: Each of the three pipes does something. Now would be as good a time as any to explain the Type R’s odd center-exit exhaust, which is certain to become one of the car’s trademark details. But Honda says all of the body addenda are functional, reducing lift, smoothing air over the tires, generating-um-vortices, and, in the case of the hood scoop, cooling the engine.Ģ017 Ford Focus RS vs. It looks like it would be basically undrivable. It looks hyper Japanese in that anime way. On top of the already nutty Civic hatchback design, Honda adds all manner of wings and splitters and vortex generators and scoops until the exterior looks like a disheveled knife drawer. You wouldn’t know that from looking at it, though. The 2017 model is an entirely different car than what enthusiasts lusted for lo these many years. market in mind-will help bolster its once unassailable reputation for producing precise little budget funmobiles. All of those screamers were kept from our shores.īut as Honda slowly comes out of its product malaise, the company decided that bringing over the Type R now-indeed, designing it from the outset with the U.S. But those peering at this story from beneath the flat brim of a Type R cap will know that there have been four generations of Civic Type Rs prior to the car for which we gather today. The casual car enthusiast in America will remember only that there was once an Acura Integra with that suffix, a loud, berserk, frenetic, and spectacular thing that lasted only a short time many years ago. This all brings us to the 2017 Honda Civic Type R.
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