Lap A Virtual Nurburgring Fast Enough, And Honda Will Give You A Civic Type R

To plug its new hot hatch, Honda has announced that whoever can get closest to the Type R's real-life 7min 50sec 'Ring lap time on a simulator will win a year with the car

Matt Robinson

15 Jul 2015

Lap A Virtual Nurburgring Fast Enough, And Honda Will Give You A Civic Type R

Even though I’m generally a moody cynic, every so often I can’t help but doff my metaphorical cap to a good marketing exercise. And the latest hat doffing is aimed at this effort from Honda, dubbed as the ‘King of the Hell roadshow’.

This ‘roadshow’ consists of a simulator, where punters can take on the Nurburgring and take aim at the 7min 50.63sec lap time laid down by a pre-production Civic Type R earlier in the year. The incentive? The person who can get closest to the time will win themselves a year with Honda’s new 306bhp hot hatch.

Fancy a go? The road show starts at Westfield Shopping centre in Shepherds Bush on 17 July for three days, and will stop at 17 other locations which can be seen here.

Want to know more about the new Civic Type R? Check out our full review.