{"id":1731,"date":"2021-10-09T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1731"},"modified":"2021-10-09T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:22:31","slug":"it-looks-like-the-honda-civic-type-r-wants-its-nurburgring-record-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1731","title":{"rendered":"It looks like the Honda Civic Type R wants its Nurburgring record back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/931\/524\/honda-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2021 Honda Ridgeline\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Test drive: 2021 Honda Ridgeline<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>The Honda Ridgeline has been redesigned for 2021 to make it look more like a traditional pickup, but Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it remains a unique option in the midsize class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Honda Civic is off on a European vacation.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/honda-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Honda)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A prototype for the upcoming high performance Civic Type R has been revealed ahead of development tests at Germany&#8217;s Nurburgring race track.<\/p>\n<p>The winding 13-mile-long circuit is used by many automakers as both a testing facility and a benchmark for performance.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/honda-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Honda)<\/p>\n<p>The previous generation Type R set a lap record for front-wheel-drive cars of 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds at the track in 2017, but the mark was broken in 2019 by a Renault Megane RS that did it in 7m 40.1s.<\/p>\n<p>Technical details on the Type R, which is based on the all-new 2022 Civic hatchback, have not been released, but the outgoing edition was powered by a 306 hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and Honda has confirmed that the new one will be offered with the choice of a manual or automatic transmission.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Pricing has also not been announced, while the 2021 Civic Type R started at $38,910, but it is essentially sold out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Test drive: 2021 Honda Ridgeline The Honda Ridgeline has been redesigned for 2021 to make it look more like a traditional pickup, but Fox News Autos Editor Gary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}