2023 Honda Civic Kind R FL5 launched in Vietnam

The 2023 Honda Civic Kind R has been launched in Vietnam, making the nation the primary within the ASEAN area to obtain the successor to the FK8 Civic Kind R earlier than Thailand and Malaysia.

This comes three months after the FL5 Civic Kind R made its debut in July this yr, and the FL5 Civic Kind R will go on sale in Vietnam in “restricted portions”, the carmaker acknowledged on the automotive’s Vietnamese market launch.

In response to Vietnamese web site Autopro, the built-in-Japan FL5 Civic Kind R might be provided in the marketplace with a alternative of 5 exterior colors – Championship White, Rallye Pink, Racing Blue Pearl, Sonic Gray Pearl and Crystal Black Pearl.

FL5 Civic Kind R, US market

Pre-orders for the automotive are being taken in Vietnam, although official retail costs will solely be introduced on the finish of the yr; buyer deliveries will happen within the second quarter of 2023, in response to Honda.

Honda introduced the engine output figures for the FL5 Civic Kind R at its US and Japanese market debuts final month, and it has been revealed that the K20C1 turbocharged inline-four cylinder petrol engine makes 330 PS at 6,500 rpm and 420 Nm from 2,600 rpm to 4,000 rpm, that are will increase of 10 PS and 20 Nm over the identical engine within the FK8 predecessor.

The Vietnamese market automotive nevertheless produces barely much less peak energy at 315 hp (320 PS) and the identical peak torque determine, which is what america market receives. Transmission for the newest Civic Kind R continues to be a six-speed handbook transmission with computerized rev-matching, sending drive to the entrance wheels through a helical-type limited-slip differential.

In response to Autopro, the FL5 Civic Kind R for Vietnam will get the Honda Sensing suite of driver help techniques comprised of the collision mitigating braking system, adaptive headlights, adaptive cruise management with low-speed vary observe, lane departure mitigation, lane conserving help and entrance departure alert. For monitor driving, there may be additionally the Honda LogR information logger, and smartphone pairing is supported by Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

As for Malaysia, the FL5 Civic Kind R could possibly be bought formally on our shores as an area vendor marketed in a since-deleted Fb publish that the upcoming mannequin is open for reserving at costs between RM350k and RM380k. Would this be your flavour of turbocharged Japanese sizzling hatch, or do you favor one thing with all-wheel-drive?

2023 FL5 Honda Civic Kind R, US market

2023 FL5 Honda Civic Kind R