Diamond Honda of Glendale

Many years ago, a very stylish British-built Honda Civic Type-R hit the streets, and drivers everywhere rejoiced. From the company's home base in Japan to the United States, Type-R has become a trim level of its very own.

The Type-R is only produced at Honda's Swindon site in the UK. The engine is coming under some fire overseas - the engine will be discontinued in most of Europe after this year, as it does not meet new, stricter emissions standards.

In late 2009, Honda imported 1850 units of the Civic Type-R Euro from Britain. For 2011, the Japanese carmaker will bring 1500 units of sports car coupe to sell. There are little changes made from the previous model, which includes additional Crystal Black Pearl color over the usual Red and White, trim updates like the different finish on the fuel cap, a new number plate and a few minor cosmetic changes throughout.

Technical specifications remain the same as Type-R's older siblings. It keeps it's naturally aspirated inline four-cylinder 2.0 liter engine that produces 201 horsepower at 7800 rpm and 142.3 lb-ft of torque available from 5600 rpm. Power is sent to the front wheels via the same 6-speed manual gearbox. Acceleration to 62 mph is done in 6.6 seconds, with a top speed of 146mph.

Pricing for the 2011 Honda Civic Type-R Euro spec starts around $37,200 USD.

If you want to get behind the wheel of the Civic Type-R then visit Diamond Honda of Glendale - 138 S. Glendale Ave., CA 91205.

Honda is having so much success with their CR-Z, that the auto maker is planning to offer a turbocharged engine as an option for late 2011 for its CR-Z hybrid coupe. This forced-induction 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine may be offered in two different versions - which includes a 200-horsepower edition for the new CR-Z Type R.

This is not set in stone. These rumors were leaked online, but could possibly come from the Tokyo headquarters.

According to Britain's Autocar, "Honda wants to broaden the appeal of the CR-Z and thinks a performance version could have considerable appeal, especially in export…

 

Diamond Honda of Glendale, California is a leading Los Angeles Honda dealer is pleased to announce that Honda will unveil the all new 2012 Honda Civic at the 2011 Detroit auto show. The last time Honda redesigned the Civic was in 2006. Honda has released a preliminary sketch of the ninth-generation 2012 Civic however Honda has yet to release any specifications or additional images. It is anticipated that the re-designed Civic unveiling in Detroit will?

Last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show Honda unveiled their Fit EV concept. In conjunction with Google, Honda is working to make the prototype a mass produced car.

Managed by Enterprise, Google's "GFleet" is a car-share program including hybrids and plug-in hybrids, available to 2600 Google employees. The program is expanding to include electric vehicles launching later this year. The Fit is the first -  Honda is hoping to analyze the data that comes out of the program to test the changes to real world CO2 emissions. The fleet has about 30 hybrid and plug-in models already.

The Google…