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