2018 Civic Type R spied in new round of Nurburgring testing

[ozzymir]

Videos and photos from Nurburgring testing:

New Video:

 

[samuray]

2018?perfect for my lease

 

[ozzymir]

2018?perfect for my lease

MY2018 means it comes out 2017 ;-)

 

[samuray]

MY2018 means it comes out 2017 ;-)

yea but im mostly going to get it in 2018 for the 2019.

 

[TechSIguy]

Sounds Prettttty Good lol

 

[limitedslip]

chassis looks a lot more tossable and stable ... but am i seeing rear wheel puffs of smoke is it AWD

 

[sporting]

http://www.autogespot.com/honda-civic-type-r-2017/2016/06/21

 

[limitedslip]

http://www.autogespot.com/honda-civic-type-r-2017/2016/06/21

looks AWD to me ... look at the set of the rear on at the last left / right corner !!

 

[17CivicTypeR_Brian]

looks AWD to me ... look at the set of the rear on at the last left / right corner !!

Look at the one shot of the side - you can clearly see the driveshaft nut on the front but not on the rear. Unless they're using a different means of securing the driveshaft in order to mask the AWD factor, I think we are looking at FWD.

 

[DrwMDvs]

looks AWD to me ... look at the set of the rear on at the last left / right corner !!

Pretty positive that is the exhaust muffler.

 

[limitedslip]

K

Look at the one shot of the side - you can clearly see the driveshaft nut on the front but not on the rear. Unless they're using a different means of securing the driveshaft in order to mask the AWD factor, I think we are looking at FWD.

.. fair enough ... was looking at the 'movement' and stance of the car as it transitioned through the left - right corner at speed ... looks like the rear was also driving the car out the corner

 

[17CivicTypeR_Brian]

K

.. fair enough ... was looking at the 'movement' and stance of the car as it transitioned through the left - right corner at speed ... looks like the rear was also driving the car out the corner

No doubt. That's just the Honda way - when they were awesome they were hellaperformers.

 

[Design]

Good observations. With regards to the CTR's corner exit behavior, Ford tuned the ST and RS the same way. Same behaviors despite one being AWD.

I point it out to emphasize how far FWD has come in terms of balance and handling - even when compared with some Honda's extreme platforms from the 90's. Even the RWD fanatics are mildly impressed with today's suspension/chassis tuning.

 

[ozzymir]

Oh no, not the red lip rims again. I really dislike this element of current CTR.

Did you notice that both recently spotted prototypes have small differences?

 

[17CivicTypeR_Brian]

Oh no, not the red lip rims again. I really dislike this element of current CTR.

Did you notice that both recently spotted prototypes have small differences?

In the top one, that's definitely a TypeR badge in the front upper grill!!
Red lip rims - I think the red is only on the 'red' pack or whatever option where you get red highlights and stuff.
Outer bumper grill gains some air directors it seems.
Door glass looks like it is now safety glass instead of deathglass.
Anything I'm missing?

A couple things I notice that I definitely love - it looks like the upper portion of the front window is housing the HondaSensing stuff!

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