Honda 2006 Type R

[puppiemaster]

The new type R will be 3 door but have the same silloette as the 5 door civic, it will come with 2 size engines, a 2.0 and a 2.4.

[Plotloss]

and heres Ron, with the weather...

[puppiemaster]

Hope the weather is nice for this time of year.

[Bada Bing!]

Pretty sure it'll have 4 wheels too.

[DustyC]

already discussed here
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=226893

[puppiemaster]

Also the front doors are 8" longer than the 5 door version

[DustyC]

The 3 door must be huge then if the doors alone are 8" longer than the other civic. That must mean the total length of the doors is well over 4 metres!

[puppiemaster]

Come and work at Honda, you can see a new type R all the time, if you get an engineering degree and get assigned to New Models

[alloypearltam]

Sounds interesting. Why the 2 engine sizes I wonder?

[puppiemaster]

2.0 is going to be standard model, 2.4 is in the type R premium

[alloypearltam]

OK sounds even more interesting, are you allowed to tell us any more without getting in the poo.

Particularly when is the launch date or a date when we will see the first official pictures?

>> Edited by alloypearltam on Saturday 10th December 19:41

[puppiemaster]

launch is Sept 2006, dont know about first pics, we just build them

[alloypearltam]

Well lets hope the Premium car will be a match for the 225-250 BHP crop of hot hatches.

[DennisTheMenace]

puppiemaster said:

2.0 is going to be standard model, 2.4 is in the type R premium

Ahhh theres that "premium" word that lures muppets into thinking they are getting something special instead of "premium" you could use "its a tin box with a bit more tat to get a few more vw owners interested"

In the new civic have you sorted the nasty cheap plastics that scratch and mark if you even just look at them and have been used in every honda since god was born ?

[puppiemaster]

beginning to think you might be a VW owner.

I do however actually have a Honda and I like it, the new civic is a move in the right direction for the company and actually makes all the other hatchbacks in the sector look like they were designed 20 years ago, not bad for a company with a very boring image.

[DennisTheMenace]

nope not a vw owner , and dont fancy being one either ta , I was a focus driver untill i changed jobs and they stuck me in a rather unpleasant laguna , i fit phone kits ect for a living and hondas and most other things jap are the worst of all cars for taking the dash apart , the plastics are a real problem , very cheap and damage or mark if you sneeze , why not spend a bit more and make them out of something a bit more subtantial ?



BTW an accord is on my company hack shortlist , so dont think i hate hondas

[puppiemaster]

Seems to me that a poor workman blames his tools, maybe you should get more training or actually see the new honda in the flesh, seems durable enough to me and actually owning one of the few 2006 Honda Civics that are on the road at the moment I've not got any scratches on the dash, just some dust and a Vanilla aire freshner.

[puppiemaster]

I was always an Astra driver before I worked for Honda, I'm proud to now drive a British built car thats very reliable and gives employment to over 4000 workers in Swindon.

If all you can moan about is the plastic on the dash I think we have dome our job very well

[zax]

I own two Hondas. Mr Menace is quite correct Honda internal plastics & any kind of regular use = lots of scratches. It's a small complaint and one of the very few I have, but it is a little annoying to see your shiny new car looking rougher inside than the 10 year old Audi it replaced...

[agent006]

puppiemaster said:

Seems to me that a poor workman blames his tools, maybe you should get more training

Maybe you should cut the attitude.

He has a point, all the hondas i've seen have been really cheap inside, even the NSX had poor quality plasitcs. We had a 1997 Accord for nearly 3 years and as a result i will take a lot of convincing that honda has upped its quality, not just a newby with an engineering degree.