Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

[SiR]

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

Oh right, thanks for the tip.

What a shame though - the ADR's are absolutely pathetic.

I went to the launch of the new Merc C-class and a lot of the new technologies they have did not meet ADR's, namely, the intelligent light system and the flashing brake lights under heavy braking.

Both were great safety technologies, yet couldn't meet the ADR - pathetic!!

[aaronng]

i agree with mpdo76 chuck

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.

I don't think I trust the 1345kg weight figure. Hopefully an owner signs up on Ozhonda and weighs his car on a weigh bridge.

[lukits01]

I don't think I trust the 1345kg weight figure. Hopefully an owner signs up on Ozhonda and weighs his car on a weigh bridge.

It's been done proudly in the YOUUUUKAYYY

"The car had a completely full tank of petrol except for the 18 miles I drove to work, it also had a baby seat and pram in it.

The weighbridge is accurate to 20kg at 1 ton intervals all the way to 50 tonnes.

And the car weighed 1320kg, so take a drop of petrol out, the baby seat and the pram and id say a GT weighs 1300kg's. "

[Tofu]

good god, that is heavy.

[xenfacta]

i dont get it, the civic sport is a bigger car, with leather n all the other goodies and a k20 and it 'only' weighs 1260 kg...

[R123]

wow... looks like the our very first CTR (from honda aus) is getting ready for all our R-ers... geee i am kinda excited too even i am overseas. defintely like to see how it went in the oz market.

well i think definitely apperciate Tofus headup for telling us abt the version upgrade and facelifts matter... however i think there will be a little for the top of the range like.. i bought my DC5 .. ok i mean DC5R in 04 and theres no difference with the first batch.. i dont think evos and stis are any different,nor gti, but correct me if i am wrong.

so i think the whole layout of the CTR wont change much.. well i hope. hahaha

have fun with the CTR guys.. (be eager for any after reviews post on here thou)

[aaronng]

It's been done proudly in the YOUUUUKAYYY

"The car had a completely full tank of petrol except for the 18 miles I drove to work, it also had a baby seat and pram in it.

The weighbridge is accurate to 20kg at 1 ton intervals all the way to 50 tonnes.

And the car weighed 1320kg, so take a drop of petrol out, the baby seat and the pram and id say a GT weighs 1300kg's. "

Was the guy in the car as well? Kerb weight means all fluid and a full tank of fuel but no driver in it. If his car weighed at 1320kg with the baby seat and pram, the car is still lighter than the stated 1345kg.

[IAMVTEC]

i dont get it, the civic sport is a bigger car, with leather n all the other goodies and a k20 and it 'only' weighs 1260 kg...

If you look at the interior, the european civic has more features on the dash than the Asian one. They have all sorts of weird stuff on theirs, the feature for our Civic is pretty basic.

[Tofu]

^ hmm, now that you say so....i think you might be onto something there..
i think the 1345kg is for the UK Civic TypeR GT spec...

the CTR we're getting, is it the GT or non GT?

[slipangle]

on the topic of future changes... this is an inevitability;

according to http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...vic_typer.html

"Honda has confirmed the lessons it learns from the Type R-R will be employed on future versions of the hot Civic."

Let's hope that one of those lessons yields in clever weight reduction.

[aaronng]

on the topic of future changes... this is an inevitability;

according to http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...vic_typer.html

"Honda has confirmed the lessons it learns from the Type R-R will be employed on future versions of the hot Civic."

Let's hope that one of those lessons yields in clever weight reduction.

Oh look what was in the link:

However, it’s not until you open the door that you realise how the engineers have managed to pare the standard car's 1267kg back to a shade under 1100kg.

So the standard CTR weighs less than 1345kg!

[xtercii]

why they talk up the weight then, it's not like they can benefit anything from it??