Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

had a geez today at one in the flesh.
we had customers in all day checking it out.

only thing i dont like is the petrol filler door. it's like cheap plastic that looks like it's been painted with $2 supercheap auto chrome paint

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sorry they are only phone quality and i didnt have time to get any more pics

just reading through the specs on the honda website,
it uses fly-by-wire throttle so presumably K-pro wont work, like on Euro?
well not for the mean time anyway.

Does the european model have HID ? was looking at those clips on the honda site and the silver type R looks like it has HID washers under the lights

Yep, HID's are available but unfortunately, not for Australia...

get aftermarket HID's, this car will be the new cult...looks pretty good in the flesh...the only thing that matters is the car is fully optioned as standard i believe? you can just get the upgrades in terms of kits and accessories...

damn, i want the pedals for my FD2

Damn we get shafted again ....well i suppose it keeps the price down it could be worst $41990 with HID hahahha

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Originally Posted by xenfacta

the thing with hondas (which some ppl love n some ppl hate) is they have no torque down low.. peak torque in the type r is at 5500rpm ffs. for those that r going to fang it its ok but for an everyday car it wont seem that fast.... again thats always been a honda thing and it means the engines love to rev... waiting for ur view on it tho UNLS1... like all new civics, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, hope u enjoy it

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Have you driven the CTR yet? :p

The DC5R had peak torque at 6000rpm while the DC5R had it at 7000rpm. So the CTR's 5500rpm would be an improvement. Anyway, peak torque numbers don't tell the whole story. :)

na not yet lol, but its the impression i get from the review....ill keep u posted wen i take it for a fang :P

the reason we didnt get HIDs is coz they didnt meet ADR's
thats from honda aus.

new ctr seems alright, however the design was alittle dissapointment for me. personally i reckon it looks too much like a demented bubble. haha

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Originally Posted by mpd076-chuck

It may be a great drive, but until I drive it or go in one, I cannot see how a car that weighs 258kg's more than a DC2R is progress... I'm really disappointed. Every corner and every time you brake, you need to make up for that weight. The JDM EP3 in 2001 had 158kw and LSD, while weighing 150kg less. How can they go backwards in 6 years? Am I being to narrow minded?

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i agree with mpdo76 chuck :thumbsup:

not quite enough power and torque to move something that weighs that much. get it under 1100 kgs and then it would make more sense. but then it would be quick enough to charge a lot more. but then no one would want to pay that much for a civc / integra etc so.. hmm tuff one for honda. at LEAST give us a real type R for once.