Click the thumbs up >. Honda UK retailers have been urged not to take "early orders" for its new Civic Type R hot hatch as limited supplies risk disappointment among potential customers. Launched at Thruxton race circuit this week, the new £46,995 Type R is its most powerful to date – delivering 329PS and 420Nm of torque to accelerate to
Not Honda's style to just throw ponies at customers - suzuka time was nearly 0.9s faster than a limited edition - limited edition is working out to be around 1s faster than standard Type R on 2min-ish tracks around the world - original Ring record was in 2017 Type R. Newer years had improved on heat soak and a few other minor things.
Type R Production Numbers. by coolhandluke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:23 pm. Credit for this information goes to AndyT and Doespike. USDM Production Numbers: DC2: USDM Colors: 1997-1998: Championship White (CW) 2000: Phoenix Yellow (PY) & Flamenco Black Pearl (FBP) 2001: Phoenix Yellow & Nighthawk Black Pearl (NBP)
The Type R's are always produced in limited numbers. For instance, in those 5 years, ~45000 FK8s were built, and 21k of those were sold in the USA. Compare that to the ~200,000 cars Honda sells every year in the US. The FL5 is expected to be produced in substantially fewer numbers than the FK8.
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