2015 Civic Type R will make 'at least' 276 hp from 2.0L turbo [w/video]

Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/" rel="tag">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2015-honda-civic-type-r-testing/"><img alt="2015 honda civic type r testing" data-mep="6730" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/2821x1891+836+507/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/63c8f382e8d60cc89fa102d25210cedf/2015-honda-civic-type-r-testing-00.jpg" /></a> 
 
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> may not actually be showing off the production form of its upcoming Euro-only <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/13/2015-honda-civic-type-r-spy-shots/">2015 Civic Type R</a> at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/frankfurt-auto-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> this year, but it did take advantage of the focused media attention to make a pretty cool announcement. In addition to dropping a <a href="/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/#continued">really hot video of the new Type R testing</a> at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nurburgring/">Nürburgring Nordschleife</a>, Honda Europe president, Manabu Nishimae, gifted us with some juicy details about the coming hot hatch. 
 
Nishimae confirmed rumors that this Type R would make use of a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine, while telling us that the mill would be good for an output of "at least 280 PS." A raw conversion from PS (metric horsepower) to standard horsepower gives us a figure of about 276 hp, or <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/13/honda-civic-type-r-to-get-2-0l-turbo-with-up-to-300-horsepower/">very near the rumored figure of 300</a> galloping, front-wheeled ponies. 
 
The company will need each ounce of output from its new 2.0-liter engine if it is to meet its stated performance target: making the Civic Type R the fastest front-wheel-drive production car around the 'Ring. Apparently this last session of testing, with World Touring Car Championship driver Gabriele Tarquini at the wheel, has already gotten Honda close to the lap record. <a href="/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/#continued">Scroll down</a> to read Honda's brief press release about the upcoming Type R, and, more importantly, to listen to the car as it's throttled around the track.<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading 2015 Civic Type R will make 'at least' 276 hp from 2.0L turbo [w/video]</a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/">2015 Civic Type R will make 'at least' 276 hp from 2.0L turbo [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20716565/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-civic-type-r-will-make-276-hp-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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