Civic Type Rs have been a common site at the Nurburgring car park for decades. This is the newest one, the FL5, and the official lap time set by Honda themselves was enough to reclaim the FWD Nurburgring lap record, but it wasn’t without its controversy, centring around the claim the car Honda used was even more hardcore than the production The new record time set by the Type R is 7:44.881. Exactly how much faster that is than the previous-generation Type R and the Renault Megane R.S. Trophy-R is unclear. The Renault managed a 7:40.1 on the old track layout, and the 2017 Type R had a 7:43.8. Regardless, the Civic Type R once again wears the front-drive 'Ring crown. The new Honda Civic Type R makes some noise. Big shoes to fill for the new Type R. Release details are scarce, if any. We’ve seen Honda not so sneakily testing the new 2023 Civic Type R at the Nurburgring before, so it’s not all that surprising to see it there again. However, now we get to hear the new Honda Civic Type R. But, well, not Watch Honda Civic Type R Bang and Bash Its Way to Nürburgring Record. “The lap time was measured based on the official rules instituted in 2019, with a full lap of the Nordschleife, which Back in April 2017, the Honda Civic Type R became the fastest FWD car at the Nurburgring after setting a blistering time of seven minutes and 43.8 seconds, smashing the previous record set by the Even more extreme Honda Civic Type R is possible Yagi-san, project lead for the new Honda Civic Type R, has hinted that a faster and more focused model could be on the way. Honda announced it had broken the Renault Megane 275 Trophy-R’s 7:54.36 front-wheel-drive Nurburgring lap time. We have not just one but two of the 2023 Honda Civic Type-R in Boost Blue and Championship White. In this episode, we will focus on the Boost Blue unit. Star The 2017 Honda Civic Type R clocked a time of 7 minutes, 43.80 seconds on the Nordschleife, setting a new record for a front-wheel-drive production car. The time represents a big improvement over hojA.