Emissions regs to kill Honda Civic Type-R in most of Europe at end of 2010

[coolmazda5]

Honda Europe has announced that sales of the Civic Type-R throughout most of the Continent will cease by the end of 2010. The 2.0-liter, 198-horsepower hatch debuted as a production model in late 2006, and in its current form the engine doesn't meet the new Euro-V emissions standards which apply throughout the European Union.

The Type-R is only produced at Honda's Swindon factory in the UK and production will continue for other markets, including Japan, where it went on sale earlier this year after production of the Type-R sedan ended. If you're in the market for that rapidly vanishing species known as the hot Honda, you'll have to move fast.

[Autoblog]

 

[coolmazda5]

Damn, pollution regs are killing all the nice fast little buggers (RX-8 included)

 

[Akaveli]

that looks sick.

 

[mikeyb]

repost

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123781958

 

[coolmazda5]

Yeah, but the pic I posted is better... (second)

(lol2)

 

[Hughes412]

repost

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123781958

Yeah, but the pic I posted is better... (second)

(lol2)

This be true!

 

[Hughes412]

To bad they never brought that body to the states.

 

[mikeyb]

Yeah, but the pic I posted is better... (second)

(lol2)

blah...

 

[R-X-R]

i feel good.,.,

 

[Outlawstar98]

I just hate how everything has to be "emissions" friendly... ITS BS!