本田携2017款思域Type R量产版车型亮相日内瓦车展，该车搭载涡轮增压引擎，手动变速器，硕大尾翼和三个中置排气尾管，在车展亮相几个月后将在全球发售。首先也是最重要的，该车外观很威猛。原型车上的侵略性配置一个不少，这辆车就像一个怪兽。车身四角都配备了LED照明，轻质20英寸轮圈搭配245/30系列ContiSportContact轮胎。该车动力系统为一台2.0升四缸涡轮引擎，搭配短行程主动转速配合六速手动变速器。美版车型功率306马力，扭矩295磅-英尺（约合400牛米）。不过，本田强调国外规格车型功率为235千瓦/315马力。车辆配备的限滑差速器将使这辆前驱车型在路面行驶时更稳定，此外该车还提供自适应减震器、双轴前悬挂、车身稳定辅助以及牵引力控制系统。为了提供强劲制动力，车辆配备前轮13.8英寸，后轮12英寸Brembo刹车盘。提供了舒适、运动和R三种驾驶模式，油门响应、变速箱转速匹配会在不同模式下发生微妙的变化。与思域掀背车一样，这款Type R也将在英格兰Swindon工厂组装，不过该车搭载的涡轮引擎则在美国俄亥俄州Anna本田美国生产。该车售价将在临近上市时公布，预计将在3.5万美元左右（约合人民币24.18万元），与主要竞争车型福特福克斯RS差不多。
2017 Honda Civic Type R packs 306 hp, arrives this spring
The production-spec 2017 Honda Civic Type R is finally here, with a turbocharged engine, manual transmission, enormous rear wing, and three exhaust pipes straight out the center of its rear end. Honda is showing the road-ready Civic Type R at the Geneva Motor Show this week, before global sales kick off in a few months.
First thing's first: it looks awesome. None of the prototype's aggression was lost in the transition to production, and the hatch looks hot as hell, in all its flared-out, red-accented glory. LED lights are found at all four corners, as are lightweight, 20-inch wheels, wrapped in 245/30-series ContiSportContact tires.
Power comes from a turbocharged, 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine, mated exclusively to a short-throw, six-speed manual transmission with active rev matching. Here in the U.S., the car is rated at 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, though Honda points out that foreign-spec cars will actually carry a 315-hp rating (235 kilowatts, 320 PS).
A limited-slip differential will keep the front-wheel-drive Type R in check on the road, as will the dual-axis front suspension and multilink rear setup with adaptive dampers. When it comes time to stop, Brembo front brakes with 13.8-inch rotors will handle the grunt of the power, aided by 12-inch rotors out back. Comfort, Sport, and +R driving modes adjust steering, damping, throttle response, and transmission rev matching, as well as the stability and traction control systems.
Like all Civic Hatchbacks, the Type R will be assembled in Swindon, England, though its turbo engine comes from Honda of America over in Anna, Ohio. Pricing will be available closer to launch, though we expect it to start somewhere in the mid-$30,000 range, just like its chief rival, the Ford Focus RS.