The Honda Civic Type R is the highest performance version of the Honda Civic made by Honda Motor Company of Japan. It features a lightened and stiffened body, specially tuned engine and upgraded brakes and chassis. Red is also used in the interior to give it a special sporting distinction and to separate it from other Honda models. In Japan, there is a one-make series of Honda Type R cars where privateers can purchase an off-road Type R and compete in a series championship which is a stepping stone for many aspiring racing drivers.
The first Civic to receive the 'Type R' name was based on the 6th-generation 'EK' Civic. The contributing base model was the JDM Civic 3-door hatchback called SiR, code named EK4. Like its big brother the Integra Type R DC2/JDM DB8, the Civic SiR's transformation into a Type R was achieved by working on the base model and improving it to Honda's idea of a car capable of high performance on the circuit.
As the whole civic, 8 generation eye. Such as a prototype started a official site from October, 2006, and was exhibited in Suzuka Circuit where the F1 Japanese grand prize was held, promotion activity was developed from the sale front. I begin to sell it on March 29, 2007. The Integra four-door type R was also the four-door type R in 6 after and was appearance in 2 after as the civic type R since a production end. The form is ABA-FD2.
2 generations of engine is same K20 A 2.0L direct 4 DOHC i-VTEC as an eye, but the maximum output also has next to the 225PS/8,000rpm of 5PS improvement and the revolving area output improves more than 10 PS to 220PS of Integra type R (DC5) and Accord euro R (CL7) by the improvement a kyuu exhaust system takes another look and by which it's the compression ratio.