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.
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