The 2018 Honda Civic Type R is all the rage at the moment and rightfully so. Not only is it the first Type R to be offered for sale in the United States, but it is also the fastest front-wheel drive production car to ever lap the Nurburgring.
On paper, Honda says that the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that sits at the heart of the Civic Type R delivers 320 PS (316 hp) and 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) of torque. While those figures are down on rivals from Ford and Volkswagen, they are impressive for a front-wheel drive hot hatch and enough to send the car to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.7 seconds.
However, in the real world, does the Civic Type R really deliver as much grunt as Honda claims?
One example has already been strapped onto a dyno and managed to record 295 hp at the front wheels, a seriously impressive figure. Unfortunately, the 5-second clip doesn’t provide any details about the conditions the hatch was tested in nor does it include a torque graph. Nevertheless, 295 hp at the driven wheels isn’t something to be sneezed at.
Hopefully as customers start taking deliveries of Honda’s new hardcore Civic, we’ll be provided with more comprehensive dyno run results.
