The Civic 1.5T RS is a road car from Honda, with front wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 4 door saloon body style.
It's powered courtesy of a turbocharged engine of 1.5 litre capacity. This powerplant features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 176 bhp (178 PS/131 kW) of power at 6000 rpm, and maximum torque of 240 N·m (177 lb·ft/24.5 kgm) at 1700-4500 rpm.
The engine powers the wheels via a continuously variable gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1348 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the South African domestic market(s). | ||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2735 mm | 107.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1537 mm | 60.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Length | 4677 mm | 184.1 inches | |
| Width | 1802 mm | 70.9 inches | |
| Height | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 127 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1348 kg | 2972 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 47 litres | 10.3 [12.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1498 cc (91.414 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 73 × 89.5 mm
2.87 × 3.52 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.82 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 178 PS (176 bhp) (131 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 240 Nm (177 ft·lb) (24.5 kgm) at 1700-4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 87.6 kW/litre 119.1 ps/litre 117.5 bhp/litre 1.93 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
160.21 Nm/litre
1.94 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2013.3 kPa (292 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 132.38 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 97.36 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 130.56 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.27 kg/kW 17.16 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 148.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | F | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | D | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 235/40 ZR 18 95Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 235/40 ZR 18 95Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | continuously variable transmission | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 807367 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2024 Honda Civic 1.5T RS added 2024-07-01. Last modified 2024-07-01. |
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