![]() ![]() Sure, with no infotainment whatsoever you’ll have to be comfortable with simply your own thoughts on a long journey, but the lack of sound-proofing isn’t overly obvious even on the motorway and the car’s ride quality remains fluid and beautifully controlled, if on the firm side. The turbocharged four-pot isn’t as smooth as a Golf GTI’s, but it loves to rev and of course, it's connected to a gearbox that’s so rewarding to use we could fill the rest of this review with superlatives on it alone.įor all of its more hardcore persona there’s also very little compromise on the road required over the GT version. Subsequent production models, including the Limited Edition and now the Sport Line, are based on that car, of which changes included a modified front suspension. It’s just that bit feistier to accelerate, that much more alert on direction change it positively fizzes with energy, which immediately ratchets up the excitement level behind the wheel. The weight loss may look relatively minimal on paper, but as a percentage of the total it’s well worth having, and sure enough, the additional keenness of the Limited over the regular Type R is immediately obvious. Honda has remained coy on what chassis changes have taken place, remarking only that the steering has been ‘revised’ and that the adaptive damping has the ability to, err, ‘adapt’ to the different weight of the car. Forged BBS wheels are both stronger, but also 10kg lighter for the set, and are now shod with Michelin’s Cup 2 tyre instead of the standard and GT models’ Continentals. A further 10.4kg is lost through omitting the air conditioning system, and another 5kg from there being no infotainment setup – including no audio whatsoever. Some 14kg is from removing sound deadening material in places like the roof and behind the dashboard, plus various plastic trims like the spare wheel housing lid. Honda has managed to shave 47kg from the overall weight of the car – when compared to the GT model, that is. The LE’s maximum speed of 169mph is identical to the standard model, GT and Sport Line models, but the 0-62mph time drops by a single tenth to 5.7sec, presumably due to the weight loss. Under the hood, the 2021 Civic Type R and Type R Limited Edition draw power from the same race-bred 2.0-liter direct-injected and turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with VTEC valvetrain, putting out a peak 306-horseopwer (SAE net) and a peak 295 lb.-ft. There are no changes to the specification of the revised Civic Type R powertrain, but at 316bhp and with arguably the finest six-speed manual box on sale, neither are there any complaints from us. ![]()
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