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
no more 9000 rpm loud vtec
Hey turbos are the future but i really miss 9k rpm vtec
I prefer the look of the ancient one…. but i’m still throwing money on my PC monitor….
I WANT IT NOW
So do i but it gonna cost 180k plus here in sg
But why would you rather want a sedan and not just a more practical hatchback…
At least it looks a million times better than the euro one
I wish I could say it differently, but it just looks dead awful. The proportions, the exhaust, the red trim everywhere, the ridiculous roof spoiler… everything about it looks like “what on earth were they thinking?”. I do like Civics, especially the Type-Rs, but this is just a freaking ricer.
A ricer is someone who adds race inspired cosmetics on thier car without upgraded power
This civic has approximately 340bhp with a race cosmetic enhancements so technically its the wrong term used.
Rice much?
It gets more ugly every generation though
Wow, looks insane. Wouldnt want to drive in front of it.
This thing looks like it could replace any modern japanese car
Vtec kicked in early with this one