I recall much derision that the new CTR in fact has gained weight with no power increase but the latest info I read in Autocar yesterday shows there is a power increase....of 1 BHP, weight gain is countered with reduced gearing, but interestingly the engine now revs out to 8000rpm up from 7800 & the peak torque, 144lb/ft although unchanged comes in at a lower rpm, 5700 just before cam profile changeover.

The weight penalty may be due to std A/C over the quoted weight of the first CTR without this?

Price has gone up mind.


Also talk of two specials, a proper stripped out CTR like the first ITR's were, no A/C, no rear seats, strut bar in its place, no sound deadening etc, but HUK are believed to think its not marketable...

And a full Touring cars 'spec' thats not road legal but for track work only....

 

That's what Type R used to mean - Racing. Now it just means GTI.

Hopefully the new CTR will reverse the trend and offer a traditional stripped out anorexic racer.

 

Vti, Bada!

 

WGAF?

The only CTR worth having is an EK9 anyway.

Then you might as well go the whold hog & get a DC2!!

 

Wasn't there talk of a new Type R being released and then another to follow? A "proper" stripped-out Type R?

 

Type RR, I heard.

Rolls Royce?

Range Rover?

Reliant Robin?!

Brand marketing gone mad. BMW sells the stripped Mini GP, Renault sells the stripped Clio Cup... why can't Honda do a bare basics Type-R Civic? How hard can it be?!

 

afaik they are releasing a racing version but it will be a real racing version and not road legal.