{"id":30816,"date":"2023-04-26T20:23:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=30816"},"modified":"2023-04-26T20:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:23:42","slug":"payne-honda-civic-type-r-is-new-fwd-king-of-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/payne-honda-civic-type-r-is-new-fwd-king-of-nurburgring","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Honda Civic Type R is new FWD King of N\u00fcrburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manufactured in Indiana for the U.S. market, the affordable, ubiquitous Honda Civic has been the best-selling retail passenger car here for the last six years.<\/p>\n

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It is also the new lap record holder at the world\u2019s most formidable race track.<\/p>\n

The Civic\u2019s ferocious, winged, Type R performance variant just torched N\u00fcrburgring, Germany\u2019s Nordschliefe race track with a 7:44.9-minute lap time, setting the lap record around the 13-mile, 154-turn circuit for front-wheel drive cars. The N\u00fcrburgring\u2019s \u201cGreen Hell\u201d is revered as the globe\u2019s most difficult track and has become the standard for automakers to show off their vehicles\u2019 capabilities.<\/p>\n

The feat by the $44,390 Type R (made in Japan unlike other U.S.-market Civic models) is also a reflection of the enormous versatility of the compact car class, with multiple manufacturers offering variants ranging from $22,000 entry-level gas-sippers to $44,000 tire-smoking hellions. In the United States, the class has been abandoned by domestic manufacturers, but is still heavily populated by foreign carmakers offering familiar badges like the Civic, Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, Mazda3, Kia Forte, Nissan Sentra and Volkswagen Jetta.<\/p>\n