The Next Honda Civic Type R Has Arrived, And It Wants To Punch Every Other Hot Hatch In The Face

Honda has revealed the Type R version of its 10th generation Civic in prototype form ahead of the Paris Motor Show

29 Sep 2016

The Next Honda Civic Type R Has Arrived, And It Wants To Punch Every Other Hot Hatch In The Face

Ladies and gentlemen: lock up your VW Golf Rs and Renaultsport Meganes, because the new Honda Civic Type R is here. And damn, does it look angry.

It’s been revealed ahead of its the Paris Motor Show debut in prototype form, and while previous reports had indicated that the 10th generation Civic-based Type R would have its looks toned down compared to the crazed ninth-gen car, but if this prototype is anything to go by, that isn’t going to happen.

We have a front splitter, a pair of side skirts and a rear diffuser made from carbonfibre, a huge bonnet vent, and of course, a spoiler of Brobdingnagian proportions sitting on the boot. To up the visual aggression further, the show car is finished in a “highly reflective, finely-grained brushed aluminium-effect.”

And that’s about all we know for now. Under the bonnet we’re expecting the same 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder as seen in the current Type R, albeit with a little more power on tap. A figure closer to the 345bhp enjoyed by the Focus RS, we’re thinking.

A production version will be revealed next year, and yes, you will be able to buy it in North America for the first time.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

SO EXCITED

They just released pictures of the next model as well

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Is it just me or does it look like the newer Subaru wrx’s?

Big wang, Mean styling, Four doors (Cos Family Racecar),but does it pass the fist test

The gaudy side skirts, and rear diffuser make it look a little too ricey for my taste. Tone it down the ground effects just a bit, and it will be fine.

I… think I actually like it… what’s happening to me!!!!!

This new civic didn’t like the jokes about the VTEC.. Now it’s gonna brapbrapbrap us all to dust.. :/

“Punch in the face?” more like slap in the face for Subaru: “We are cloning the STi (sans AWD), putting our badges on it and selling it as a Civic Type R…”