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Article #369: Honda Civic Type-r to Launch in Australia

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The new Honda Civic Type-R is the Australian showrooms by the end of June
automaker's ticket in bringing back the and will have a starting price of over
Type-R badge to local showrooms. $40,000. The Honda's prediction for the
According to Honda Australia's Senior Civic Type-R is 100 for a month. Honda is
Director Lindsay Smalley, "We believe pretty much confident with the Type-R
buyers are starting to look beyond since it has loaded it with plenty of
stripped-out boy racer specials and standard kit just to lure in plenty of
petrol-guzzling V8s, turning to cars more buyers.
in tune with today's times. Buyers in The standard features of the Type-R will
this sector still want cars that are include 18-inch alloys with space-saver
sporty and fun to drive yet are more Alcantara-shaped sports seats, cruise
refined, comfortable and practical. It's control, stability control, trip
not just all about the power. It is the computer, six airbags, ABS, electronic
whole experience and grown-up buyers brake-force distribution and assist, fog
understand that." lights, remote keyless entry, drilled
The remarks of Smalley were likened to aluminum pedals, reach-and
the comments that a manufacturer would rake-adjustable steering, multi-function
make before the unveiling of a model that wheel, 60:40 split rear seats which comes
lacks in refinement, fun criteria, and in colors red, silver or black. The
performance. That was the case with the interior trim is a combination of red
little Civic, Smalley has created an black which is guaranteed to look better
impression that the halo effect of the than it sounds.
Type R will power up Honda's desire to The wrap-around two-tier instrument
reach that 8 percent market share by display was also made easier to read.
2010. Moreover, it can also be noted that Anthony Davidson, the super Aguri F1
the Type-R is the first Civic to wear the driver was also present at the launching
Type-R badge in the eight generations of the Type-R. Davidson had only spent
stay of the brand in Australia and at the half hour in the Civic and on the track
same time it is also the first and already he was able to extract more
British-built Honda ever introduced. than what most drivers can achieve in a
Staring from the day that the Type-R was month.
unveiled as a concept at Geneva last At the core of the Type-R philosophy is
march 2006, it has stayed at the top of Honda's free-spinning iVTEC technology
Honda Australia's priority list. And now that revs up 8000 rpm of maximum power.
it has turned into a reality after some According to Davidson, "Keep it smooth
hard bargaining that happened behind the and keep the revs up and you will get the
scenes of last years Paris Auto Show. best out this engine. I love it because
The pricing for the Honda Civic Type R is it wants you to keep revving it, it's
not yet finalized however the single like a baby race engine.
specification model is expected to grace






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