The new Honda Civic Type R is faster than the Nissan GT-R and Gallardo LP 560-4

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http://www.car24news.com/the-new-honda- ... -lp-560-4/

Impressive, besides having a monstrously hideous back end.

YouTube video of the lap embedded at the bottom of the article.

Thoughts?

[nchopp]

Torque steer from hell - although with a time like that at Nurburgring, obviously it can be handled. That being said, I think I'd rather have most the other vehicles listed as being slower...

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I see it lists the 08 GTR.
I could have sworn the new one was a lot faster (in the 7:30ish range), especially when you get into the specialty varieties.

I wonder how "stock" it was too.

[themadscientist]

No CVT? It will never sell

[float_6969]

It's gonna take some pretty special transmission work to make that much FWD HP manageable. I'm curious to see how Honda handles it.

[RicerX]

I see it lists the 08 GTR.
I could have sworn the new one was a lot faster (in the 7:30ish range), especially when you get into the specialty varieties.

I wonder how "stock" it was too.

^this.

I would rather see how it does as a production model.

[Bubba1]

^ yep. I also don't put a whole lotta faith in it. An impressive lap, but I don't see a STOCK 300 hp FWD subcompact turning in quicker laps than a 500+ hp awd GT-R or Gallardo without some significant mods done to the Honda, assuming the same or equally skilled drivers.