RE: New Civic Type R testing at the Nurburgring

[anonymous-user]

vz-r_dave said:

Thats because its not the best hot hatch on the market

Totally subjective. I'm glad it exists but it's not the best hot hatch on the market for me.

[Montybaber]

Very biased but nothing does the hot hatch thing better than this car

[CraigV6]

Such a shame it looks like it does.

[Turbojuice]

sinbad666 said:

The M140i has fake vents too. Never seen any Criticism levelled at it for its vents.

Anorak alert. Pre WLTP m140i's have one fake vent on one side and a real vent on the other for an oil cooler I believe. Post WLTP cars have real vents on both sides (can't remember why).

[Turbojuice]

Hitch said:

Had a quick look - seems not much will change. This image shows just how little of the gaping 'vents' are functional though. What a joke.



It does look like there is a low-wing option in development at least, but with the rest of the addenda still stuck to the car it looks a little strange.

Maybe they are doing a Subaru and making a Spec-D (discrete) version. Keep the same running gear but rid of all the big wings and sills. Would make perfect sense in my opinion.

[Montybaber]

CraigV6 said:

Such a shame it looks like it does.

I like it and so does everyone I speak to in the real world, thank God it doesnt look like all the others

[DoubleD]

Montybaber said:

CraigV6 said:

Such a shame it looks like it does.

I like it and so does everyone I speak to in the real world, thank God it doesnt look like all the others

At least it isnt bland looking.

[Hitch]

yonex said:

Hitch said:

Had a quick look - seems not much will change. This image shows just how little of the gaping 'vents' are functional though. What a joke.



It does look like there is a low-wing option in development at least, but with the rest of the addenda still stuck to the car it looks a little strange.

Why is it a 'joke' exactly? It's a Civic, not a LMP car?

It is a joke because all of those shouty venty things are supposed to make you think that the car is so rabid that it needs air by any means necessary just to keep the power going and the hot bits cool. It doesn't, they're fake. So it is a marketing ploy, a sham, a joke. It is made all the more sad because of just how good the car actually is. They didn't need to make it look as bad as it does to make it drive the way it does.

As for the other poster with the M140i, I completely agree. We're in a race to the bottom with fake plastic mesh the prize.

[sinbad666]

Turbojuice said:

sinbad666 said:

The M140i has fake vents too. Never seen any Criticism levelled at it for its vents.

Anorak alert. Pre WLTP m140i's have one fake vent on one side and a real vent on the other for an oil cooler I believe. Post WLTP cars have real vents on both sides (can't remember why).

Hot climate cars got both real vents. They got an additional charge cooler, not available for UK cars. Hot climate cars also got an additional intake scoop.