The Honda Civic Type R is a 5 door hatchback-bodied road car with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 306 bhp (310 PS/228 kW) at 6500 rpm and 400 Nm (295 lbft/40.8 kgm) at 2500-4500 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1382 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 270 km/h, or 168 mph, quoted fuel consumption figures are 9.4/6.1/7.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 170.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2594 mm | 102.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1605 mm | 63.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1528 mm | 60.2 inches | |
| Length | 4390 mm | 172.8 inches | |
| Width | 1878 mm | 73.9 inches | |
| Height | 1466 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 118 mm | 4.6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1382 kg | 3047 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | K20C | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1998 cc (121.925 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86 × 85.9 mm
3.39 × 3.38 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 310 PS (306 bhp) (228 kW) at 6500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 2500-4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 114.2 kW/litre 155.3 ps/litre 153.2 bhp/litre 2.51 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
200.2 Nm/litre
2.42 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2515.8 kPa (364.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 5.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 270 km/h (168 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 224.5 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 PS/kg 165.11 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 221.42 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.06 kg/kW 10.12 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 9.4/6.1/7.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.4/6.1/7.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.6/16.4/13.7 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 30.1/46.3/38.7 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.0/38.6/32.2 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 170.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | E | ||
| 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 | 2.250 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 235/35 R 19 | ||
| Tyres rear | 235/35 R 19 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 350 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 296 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.73 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.84 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 426063 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 18.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2015 Honda Civic Type R added 2015-06-15. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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