In 2017, the Civic Type R set a new record for front-wheel-drive cars on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, posting a 7-minute, 43.8-second lap time. Last year, however, the Renault Megane RS Trophy-R
The Honda Civic Type R has retaken the Nürburgring front-wheel-drive crown, with the latest FL5 being driven to a blistering 7:44.881 time. That pips the previous record-holder, Renault Sport’s spectacularly fast (and expensive) Megané Trophy R, which did the ‘Ring in 7:45.389 in 2019.
The previous-generation FK8 set the FWD one-lap record of the iconic 20.8-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany six years ago. The possible confusion here is that the time set on April 7, 2017, was of 7 minutes 43.80 seconds, which is more than 1 second faster than the new FL5’s reported time. The explanation is that this lap time
It's worth remembering that Honda stopped accepting orders for the FL5 in the Land of the Rising Sun in January 2023 as well, back when the Civic Type R used to retail at 4,997,300 yen or 38,915
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