Friday, February 3, 2012

Honda to enter World Touring Car Championship with new Civic

Honda to enter World Touring Car Championship with new Civic

Honda has announced plans to enter the FIA World Touring Car Championship with this, a hot new racer based on the newly redesigned 2012 Civic (well, the European five-door, anyway). Details are slim about the new touring car racer, but the automaker has released a statement confirming that the Civic will be powered by a bespoke 1.6-liter turbocharged inline-four, developed by Honda R&D in accordance with FIA's Super 2000 regulations. Honda has also formed a joint partnership with Mugen and J.A.S. Motorsport to develop the new Civic.
"We have made a decision" said Honda CEO, Takanobu Ito "to enter into the WTCC with the European Civic.

Autoblog, Honda to enter World Touring Car Championship with new Civic

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