It wasn’t long ago that anything able to get around the Nürburgring in less than eight minutes was considered seriously quick, but now, in the age of sub-seven minute hypercars, eight minutes is the new target time for the ever-more-bonkers hot-hatch segment.
By now you’ve probably seen the 2016 Civic Type R — an unhinged hot-hatch that looks like a refugee from the World Touring Car Championship and puts down a fairly ridiculous 305 turbocharged horsepower through the front wheels alone. It’s chassis was developed on the aforementioned ribbon of German tarmac, where in May of 2014 it posted a scarcely believable time of 7:50.63. Honda was recently nice enough to share this in-car footage of the lap.
The time was fast enough to knock off the previous front-wheel-drive record held by the Renault Megane RS 275 Trophy-R special edition. Coincidentally, the French car’s time of 7:54.36 is also roughly as long as it takes to say its name.
Continue reading to learn more about the Honda Civic Type R.
Honda Civic Type R Laps Nurburgring In 7:50 - Video originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 4 March 2015 16:00 EST.
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