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The Honda R engine is an inline-four engine launched in 2006 for the Honda Civic (non-Si). It is fuel injected , has an aluminum-alloy cylinder block and cylinder head , is a SOHC 16-valve design (four valves per cylinder) and utilizes Honda's i-VTEC system.
Current Honda general-purpose engines are air-cooled 4-stroke gasoline engines but 2-stroke, Diesel, water-cooled engines were also manufactured in the past. The current engine range provide from 1 to 22 hp (0.7 to 16.5 kW). More than 5 million general-purpose engines were manufactured by Honda in 2009.
July 2015 saw the launch of a new Honda Civic Type R, manufactured at their Swindon plant. The vehicle offers higher performance in the form of a direct-injected turbocharged 2.0 liter VTEC K20C1 petrol engine producing 306 bhp (310 PS; 228 kW), and built in the United States at Honda's Anna Engine Plant in Anna, Ohio.
And in 2004, the 2.0 i-VTEC of the Civic was released, with 2.0-liter DOHC 16V I4 i-VTEC engine, which is the top-of-the-line variant, including leather seats, unique style alloy wheels, and also available in 5-speed automatic transmission.
Honda's first production V6 was the C series; it was produced in displacements from 2.0 to 3.5 liters.The C engine was produced in various forms for over 20 years (1985–2005), having first been used in the KA series Legend model, and its British sister car the Rover 800-series (and Sterling).
Honda wasn't the first or last to do variable valve timing and lift, but no one did it with such style.
In Brazil, the third generation CR-V was sold (imported from Mexico) with a 2.0-litre, 150 hp (110 kW) i-VTEC engine instead of the 2.4-litre used in other countries. The reason is that in Brazil the tax is higher for engines above 2.0 litres. The Honda Accord sold in Brazil had the same 2.0-litre engine.
The B-series are a family of inline four-cylinder DOHC automotive engines introduced by Honda in 1988. Sold concurrently with the D-series which were primarily SOHC engines designed for more economical applications, the B-series were a performance option featuring dual overhead cams along with the first application of Honda's VTEC system (available in some models), high-pressure die cast ...