Friday, February 3, 2012

Honda Civic Enters FIA World Touring Car Championship

2012 Honda Civic WTCC

SLOUGH, UK : February 3, 2012 - Honda today announced that the Honda Civic will race in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).


“We have made a decision” said Honda CEO, Takanobu Ito “to enter into the WTCC with the European Civic. We will develop a totally new engine for this project and we are all excited about starting this new challenge.”

For this project, Honda has formed a joint partnership with Mugen and J.A.S. Motorsport. Mugen will manufacture a bespoke racing engine developed by Honda R&D and will maintain the engine in every race along with the team. J.A.S. Motorsport will develop the race car, using the new Honda Civic 5door produced in Honda’s manufacturing plant located in Swindon (UK).

The racing engine is a 1.6 litre 4 cylinder direct injection turbo-charged petrol engine, developed in accordance with FIA’s Super 2000 regulations.

Honda’s ambition is to join the WTCC as early as this season, with a string of “inaugural rounds”. Discussions are currently being held with the FIA, but these rounds would include Japan (held on 21 October 2012 at Honda’s Suzuka circuit), followed by China and Macau. Honda will then enter a two car team, managed by J.A.S. Motorsport, into every race in the 2013 championship season.

Racing has always been a fundamental element of Honda’s DNA . In the late 1950s Honda first entered the Isle of man T.T and then Formula 1 in the 1960s. The FIA WTCC is the next chapter in Honda’s on-going commitment to world motor sport and provides a perfect platform to demonstrate its racing spirit to Honda’s numerous fans around the world.

Images : 2012 Honda Civic WTCC


 

 

 


[Source : HONDA]

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3 Responses to "Honda Civic Enters FIA World Touring Car Championship"
Anonymous said...

February 11, 2012 at 6:47 AM

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Anonymous said...

February 13, 2012 at 12:21 AM

In 2012 Honda Civic showed both a sedan concept and Si coupe concept for the '12. It's smaller on the outside, though it's difficult at first glance to see where. but Riffing off the breakthrough 2006 Civic, Honda's Generation IX icon gets a bit smaller on the outside and gets the brand's interpretation of Flame Surfacing, even going so far as to include a faux Hoffmeister kink on the coupe's inner c-pillar...Althouth wit this outbreaks its giving the best Honda Service.


titheee said...
April 5, 2012 at 7:26 PM

The most beautiful and gorgeous Honda ever i seen is 2012 Honda Civic, it's attractive Tires and Wheels with Steel wheels Intermittent rear wiper,Rear liftgate door are awesome. The Honda Parts of Base engine size: 2.4 L and Cam type: Double overhead cam (DOHC) are attract me much.


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