Civic Type R to hit Australian Shores...

[Black_Spirit]

Just got an email from Honda
"Honda announces 2007 Civic Type R

Honda Europe has announced the eagerly awaited new Civic Type R. It is powered by a naturally-aspirated 2.0 litre DOHC i-VTEC engine, producing an exhilarating 150 kW @ 8,000 rpm. 0-100 km/h times are expected to be around the 6.6 second mark with a 235 km/h top speed."

Honda Australia have the Civic Type R firmly on their wishlist and are frantically working on a business case to bring it here."

"There is a new i-VTEC indicator just to the right of the digital speedometer which is illuminated within this rev range." <-- uh oh's... hahaha


http://www.world.honda.com/news/2006/4060914CivicTypeR/

[Jingers]

omfg VTEC INDICATOR

[Noel]

I call BS ... Apologies.

Honda AU should just bring SAT-NAV to all available line-up cars instead. That'd be more realistic.

[tofu]

hmm...this is very exciting!

Can't wait

[tinkerbell]

Honda Australia have the Civic Type R firmly on their wishlist and are frantically working on a business case to bring it here."

ummmm, where is this quote from??????

[fueltank]

Just got an email from Honda
"Honda announces 2007 Civic Type R

Honda Europe has announced the eagerly awaited new Civic Type R. It is powered by a naturally-aspirated 2.0 litre DOHC i-VTEC engine, producing an exhilarating 150 kW @ 8,000 rpm. 0-100 km/h times are expected to be around the 6.6 second mark with a 235 km/h top speed."

Honda Australia have the Civic Type R firmly on their wishlist and are frantically working on a business case to bring it here."

"There is a new i-VTEC indicator just to the right of the digital speedometer which is illuminated within this rev range." <-- uh oh's... hahaha


http://www.world.honda.com/news/2006/4060914CivicTypeR/

Can't find a mention anywhere in the article about Australia.
Maybe my CTRL+F sequence was wrong

[rG`]

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...vic-type-r.htm

Motoring Channel Staff - 28/Sep/2006


"Unfortunately for Australian lovers of the Civic, the hatch model is not sold in this country due to the vehicle's higher costs, and so the chances of the Type R Civic heading Down Under are little to none at this stage."

[FunkyR]

lol with the previous 2 generations of civic type R's they were on Honda australia's wish list too.... and yes they did do business cases to see if they were feasible.... dont hold your breath

[Black_Spirit]

ummmm, where is this quote from??????

was in my email that i got.. just realised that its not in that link..
does anyone get the Honda Newswire in their email? thats where i quoted it from

http://honda.e-newsletter.com.au/lin...1757e&prompt=1

the above link is to sign up to the honda newswire

i can forward the actual email to anyone that wants confirmation or watever

[Black_Spirit]

haha
hey, dont' shoot me.. i'm just quoting stuff from my email.. =P

[kookie]

Yeah i got that too.
I dont' think they will because we got jipped with our R's GRRRRRRRRRRRR

[tinkerbell]

not shooting!!! just clarifying teh source of such exciting and ground breaking announcements!

[rG`]

lol --> http://honda.e-newsletter.com.au/

Should Honda sell the
Civic Type R in Australia?
If so, what is a reasonable and realistic price?

$30,000 - $35,000

$35,000 - $40,000

$40,000 - $45,000

No. Don't want it!

[tinkerbell]

BTW - it IS in the October Newswire - i had deleted it without reading it

[tofu]

yeah i just read it, but it won't let me vote