Motor Trend says CTR Coming to US
05-13-2003 | 11:50 AM
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Originally posted by velfarretokyo
After reading some reviews of the Civic Type R in some European car mags I'm not quite sure I'm as impressed any more. The Type R times, according to the mags, should be around 6.4-6.6, which is pretty much what we get in an Acura RSX Type-S. I'm not sure about the suspension upgrades, etc... but it looks as if the Civic Type R is essentially an RSX-R w/o the amenities. If they did bring the Civic Type R over I think they would definately have to bring the Integra Type R over as the RSX Type-R for Acura, which I hope they do.
After reading some reviews of the Civic Type R in some European car mags I'm not quite sure I'm as impressed any more. The Type R times, according to the mags, should be around 6.4-6.6, which is pretty much what we get in an Acura RSX Type-S. I'm not sure about the suspension upgrades, etc... but it looks as if the Civic Type R is essentially an RSX-R w/o the amenities. If they did bring the Civic Type R over I think they would definately have to bring the Integra Type R over as the RSX Type-R for Acura, which I hope they do.
The CTR should be faster than the RSX-S, as it uses a much higher final drive trans mated with the same engine.
