Top Speed of the Honda Civic. Using its quick gear shifting to excite drivers, the 2021 Honda Civic has a top speed of 137 mph. Quick on the draw, this speed is reliant on driver ability and displays the ability of the 2021 Civic. Honda unveiled a lightweight version of its Civic Type R for 2021 that's more track focused. The Type R Limited Edition is an obvious Renault Mégane RS fighter—after the French car beat Honda's Rocket and the Pocket. For disclosure’s sake, the A 35 hatch is only available in Canada. So the comparison will be in CAD. The AMG A 35 is available in the US as a sedan and is priced from May 21, 2020 Since its 2017 debut, 13,000 individually numbered Honda Civic Type Rs have found their way into enthusiasts' embraces. We lived with a 2018 "CTR" for a year and didn't want to The Honda Civic Type R has a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four that pumps out 315 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque. It too is exclusively paired with front-wheel drive and a six-speed manual transmission. It too is exclusively paired with front-wheel drive and a six-speed manual transmission. The Type R is otherwise mechanically untouched: six-speed manual and front-wheel drive only, with a 316hp 2.0-liter turbo-four flinging its 1.4 tons toward a 272kph top speed via a 5.8sec 0-100kph time. Proper figures, those. As a video focusing on the speedometer shows, the Civic Type R managed to accelerate past the Honda's claimed top speed and hit 283 km/h (176 mph). It's worth noting of course that a speedometer Honda engineers have toyed with the box's final drive ratio, which has been adjusted to 4.35:1 in an effort to make it slightly more responsive in the lower gears. There are a couple of other 0xqxLu.