The New Honda Civic Type R's Engine Sounds Amazingly Like A Beautiful Five-Cylinder

This new video from Honda gives us our first chance to hear the new Civic Type R, and despite running a four-pot turbo, it sounds remarkably like it has an extra cylinder at its disposal
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What intrigued us most about the new Honda Civic Type R when we examined it at the Geneva Motor Show was its exhaust. That third, smaller pipe isn’t there for show: Type R Assistant Project Lead Hideki Kakinuma told us it “creates a certain negative pressure” at mid and high RPM, with the aim of reducing booming noise in the cabin while increasing overall volume.

It seems what the new trick exhaust also does is give the Type R a delicious, almost five-cylinder-like burble, as showcased in this new video from Honda. It seems highly unlikely that it’s the result of sound editing trickery, although we are eager to hear the exhaust note of the turbo four-pot Type R ‘in person’ with our own ears.

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The old car wasn’t brilliant in the sound department, with a dull boom resonating through the cabin at certain engine speeds. It wasn’t particularly characterful from the outside either. This time around, Honda look to have rectified the uninspiring noise of the 2.0-litre turbo, and then some.

What do you think of the new Type R’s exhaust note?

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Comments

Brenan Piggott

I wonder if they have the third exhaust option for their lawnmowers as well?

03/23/2017 - 12:37 |
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Anonymous

Lol if you don’t like the car why are you reading stuff about the Type R?😂😂😂

03/23/2017 - 13:23 |
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JDM_Dawg

Kind of sounds like a Subaru. Not only does it look like a Subaru, it sounds like one too.

03/23/2017 - 13:57 |
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Anonymous

The only bad thing in that car is… FWD…

03/23/2017 - 14:35 |
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[Flux]

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How is that bad? All the traction, man.

03/23/2017 - 16:45 |
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Anonymous

I don’t know why the look of the car gets so hate it really doesn’t look like bad

03/23/2017 - 14:41 |
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German Perfectionist

It sounds like it has an extra cylinder… And it has an extra exhaust pipe… Coincidence? I don’t think so .

03/23/2017 - 15:31 |
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Anonymous

Sounds like a Volvo 850R, or a C4 UR-S6.

03/23/2017 - 16:59 |
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Anonymous

Good job Honda

03/23/2017 - 17:54 |
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Eythan Aldrich

Btw this car is already in Manila for the Manila International Auto Show this March 30 to April 2

03/23/2017 - 17:55 |
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Joshua Persaud (Wagon/Estate Squad) (Sleeper Squad) I need a

So why don’t they make it with 5 cylinders. That would be a sight to see.

03/23/2017 - 21:24 |
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