14 September 2006 --- Honda Motor Europe Ltd today announced the eagerly awaited new Civic Type R, the successor to a model whose unique blend of affordability, exhilarating driving characteristics and everyday usability resulted in sales that exceeded all expectations.

There will be different levels of equipment available, ranging from a fully equipped car to one that even has the rear parcel shelf removed. With these variants, the new Civic Type R therefore looks set to endear itself to a whole new wave of enthusiasts and to repeat the cult success of the first �CTR� which exceeded all sales predictions. The new Civic Type R will receive its international show debut in Paris during September and sales are expected to begin in 2007.

Given the outstanding performance credentials of its predecessor, Honda saw little purpose in increasing engine output. The new Type R therefore continues to be powered by a naturally-aspirated 2.0 litre DOHC i-VTEC engine with similar output, but reworked for greater refinement and responsiveness thanks to a new balancer shaft and a drive-by-wire throttle. The 201 PS maximum power output is now reached at 8,000 rpm (previously 200 PS at 7,400 rpm).

More pictures with the 2007 Honda Civic Type R and a full article you can find here:

2007 Honda Civic Type R

I was really surprised and happy to see this article, though i feel that some numbers would have been appreciated (skid pad, slalom, actual acceleration, not honda claimed.)

Actually this cars acceleration is interesting; it beats our si (even our gti by a few fractions) and yet the first drive on the focus st talks about how it (the focus) blows everything away, when it is only .5 faster to sixty than the type r. (both numbers seem to be claimed and not actual so there you go.)

Not to bad for the civic i'd say, but i agree with the whole bad mouthing on the torsion beam. Tsk tsk. They could have gone all out in this regard.

Following type r philosophy? Fine. Just make it a little bigger to give it some torque! Keep it naturally aspirated, just make it bigger! (Then imagine how fast it'd be.)

Understood the point of it being a car you need to thrash about to get full potential out of, but type r usually is synonymous with harsh riding: look at all the previous type r's I guess because of the market in europe, the finesse of some other hot hatches (ahem gti) has spoiled some people.

A torsion beam?! Sorry still cant get over it, even though i knew it had it since its debut as a concept.

Despite all critic isms i have to say one thing: this car looks so flippin awesome! Great in type r guise, but it would be awesome as a high level ex or a diesel, especially since it does share some obvious visual similarities to the civic coupe and sedan.

Great looking car, and i hope that the next type r, will still represent what honda believes a performance vehicle should be, but with a better suspension and maybe forced induction.