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11-13-2012, 12:55 PM
Filed under: Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Honda (http://www.autoblog.com/category/honda/)
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Not that we're expecting to see the car over here anyway, but we hear that the impending return of the Honda Civic Type R (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Honda%20Civic%20Type%20R/) could bring with it a more powerful engine crammed under its short hood. Honda (http://www.autoblog.com/honda/) CEO Takanobu Ito (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/takanobu%20ito/) has already confirmed the Civic Type R would return in 2015 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/21/honda-ceo-announces-new-fit-based-cuv-coming-to-europe-return-o/), and now Auto Express says that a Honda R&D employee has confirmed that this car will be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine producing "as much as" 300 horsepower - earlier speculation had the car powered by a smaller 1.6-liter four.
Honda has already vowed to make the Civic (http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/) Type R the "fastest front-wheel-drive vehicle on the Nürburgring (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nurburgring/)," so this much power doesn't seem out of the question. We already spotted a Type R test mule (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/01/next-honda-civic-type-r-spotted-near-ring/) putting some laps on the 'Ring earlier this summer. Other reported details about the new Type R include it retaining its front-wheel-drive layout but adding a limited-slip differential and possibly even rear-wheel steering for optimal performance and handling.Honda Civic Type R to get 2.0L turbo with up to 300 horsepower (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/13/honda-civic-type-r-to-get-2-0l-turbo-with-up-to-300-horsepower/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Not that we're expecting to see the car over here anyway, but we hear that the impending return of the Honda Civic Type R (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Honda%20Civic%20Type%20R/) could bring with it a more powerful engine crammed under its short hood. Honda (http://www.autoblog.com/honda/) CEO Takanobu Ito (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/takanobu%20ito/) has already confirmed the Civic Type R would return in 2015 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/21/honda-ceo-announces-new-fit-based-cuv-coming-to-europe-return-o/), and now Auto Express says that a Honda R&D employee has confirmed that this car will be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine producing "as much as" 300 horsepower - earlier speculation had the car powered by a smaller 1.6-liter four.
Honda has already vowed to make the Civic (http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/) Type R the "fastest front-wheel-drive vehicle on the Nürburgring (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nurburgring/)," so this much power doesn't seem out of the question. We already spotted a Type R test mule (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/01/next-honda-civic-type-r-spotted-near-ring/) putting some laps on the 'Ring earlier this summer. Other reported details about the new Type R include it retaining its front-wheel-drive layout but adding a limited-slip differential and possibly even rear-wheel steering for optimal performance and handling.Honda Civic Type R to get 2.0L turbo with up to 300 horsepower (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/13/honda-civic-type-r-to-get-2-0l-turbo-with-up-to-300-horsepower/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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