Yahoo Autos Honda Civic Type R S grade quietly revealed as part of Nurburgring record lap
Turns out, there is some fine print about the new Honda Civic Type R Nürburgring record lap that has just come to our attention. Apparently, the record was set using an unreleased version of the Type R that is to be called the Honda Civic Type R S grade.
Honda’s press release both in the U.S. and Europe includes this detail in the footnotes, first noticed by CarScoops, and it also says the S grade will only be sold in left-hand drive European markets. Sorry, everybody else. What’s unique about the S grade model? Honda doesn’t list any specifics in its release, but it does say that the S grade is a lighter version of the regular Type R. We presume this means that Honda has de-contented it to save weight, which would ultimately result in a better lap time.
What does this mean for the record lap? Well, we don’t actually know what time the U.S.-spec Type R would set at the Nürburgring. The record was set fair and square using this special “S grade” version of the car that will be a Euro-exclusive model. It’s understandable that Honda would want to use its most potent version of the car to set the record, but we’re curious what our version of the Type R could do, too.
