Experience New 2021 Honda Civic Type-R Limited Edition

Experience New 2021 Honda Civic Type-R Limited Edition https://youtu.be/DwyCGwX2TI8


The Type R LE should be the quickest and fastest production Civic ever, and it's a fitting swan song for Honda's highly successful 10th-generation compact car, which will be redesigned for the 2022 model year.
Software changes have added a bit more effort to the Type R's steering, and the chassis's roll stiffness has been increased in each of the three settings for its adaptive dampers. But it's the tire change that's responsible for the majority of the Type R LE's additional performance. With a treadwear rating of 180, the soft Michelins provide radically more grip than the Continentals with their 240 treadwear rating.
During a morning session of back to back laps around the 1.8-mile road course at the Thermal Club in Southern California, the Limited Edition is clearly quicker than the regular Type R. Although the changes have purportedly increased the amount of weight resting on its front tires, the LE stops harder, turns in sharper, and has additional stability in quick left-right transitions. Speeds are higher everywhere on the track and its responses are more immediate, yet the Type R's forgiving at-the-limit behavior has been retained.


With its greater traction permitting more corner exit speed, the LE carries more velocity down Thermal's long back straight. Whereas the regular Type R could finish the straight with its engine redlining in fourth gear, the Limited Edition entered the braking zone in fifth. That's without any changes to the Type R's six-speed manual transmission or its 306-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four. Last year, Honda updated the Type R's front brakes, fitting new fade-resistant pads and two-piece floating rotors that cut 2.5 pounds per side. The updates sync perfectly with the LE's grippier Michelins. Brake fade is nonexistent.
Production of the Civic Type R Limited Edition will amount to just 1020 units, with 600 coming to the United States from Honda's factory in England. The price is $44,950, which is a whopping $6500 more than the regular model