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    Honda Reveals Civic Type-R Prototype, Coming To The U.S.

      The Type-R is coming to the U.S.!


    If there has been one piece of forbidden Honda fruit that enthusiasts have been clamoring for a few years, it has to be the Civic Type-R. The good news is that the Type-R is coming and Honda has revealed a "concept" of it at the Paris Motor Show.

    Like most Honda/Acura concepts, the Civic Type-R Prototype is a thinly veiled preview of the production model. There is an aggressive body kit with new bumpers, hood scoop, wider fenders, 20-inch black wheels, and a large rear wing.

    No details were given on the Type-R's powerplant, but it is expected that the new model would use the current Type-R's turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. In the current Type-R, the engine produces 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Expect a bit more power for the new model. A six-speed manual will route power to the front wheels. There will be a number of upgrades to the suspension, steering, brakes, and tires to handle all of this power.

    Honda will begin production of the next-generation Civic Type-R sometime next year. We'll likely have more information when Honda shows off the Civic Type-R next month at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

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    Radical New Honda Civic Type R Prototype Debuts in Paris; Making its North American Debut at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas
    Sep 28, 2016 - TORRANCE, Calif.

    • New Civic Type R Prototype unveiled at 2016 Mondial de L'Automobile in Paris
    • First-ever Honda-badged Type R coming to the U.S.
    • Features wide, aggressive fascias, extended wheel arches and dramatic rear wing
    • Bespoke "brushed aluminium" wrap provides eye-catching finish

    Fresh on the heels of the sales launch of the 2017 Civic Hatchback, the next-generation Civic Type R had its global debut in prototype form today at the 2016 Paris auto show. The radical new Civic Type R, with its sporty and sleek hatchback design and track-ready performance, will make its North American debut at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 1-4, 2016, marking the arrival of the first-ever Honda-badged Type R in the U.S.

    The Civic Type R Prototype offers insight into the styling of the next-generation Civic Type R, which will be officially unveiled in 2017, joining the 10th Generation Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe and newly released Civic Hatchback, with the Civic Si variants also launching next year.

    "We promised the most ambitious, sportiest Civic lineup ever and we're delivering on that promise with each new Civic," said Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda Division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "For the first time ever in America, Honda fans and enthusiasts will have access to the ultimate in Civic performance in the form of the new Type R."

    Based on the low and wide proportion of the new Civic Hatchback, the Civic Type R Prototype is enhanced by muscular body styling and modifications to aid aerodynamic performance. The exterior is wrapped in a highly reflective, finely-grained brushed aluminum-effect finish, which is unique to the prototype car. At the front, the aggressive fascia is accentuated with a winged carbon fiber splitter and sporty red accent line. Additional slatted ducts add width to the fascia, and diamond-mesh inserts fill the sculpted air intakes.

    Honda's iconic red "H" badge, which adorns all Type R models, sits prominently on the front grille at the nose of the car. There is a new intake on the hood, with an air scoop sited centrally in a trapezoidal recess. Smoked lenses for the LED headlights, indicators and side indicator repeater lights reflect the Type R Prototype's more aggressive character.

    Carbon fiber side skirts run the length of the side sills, between 20-inch piano black alloy wheels with red accents and 245-section high-performance tires. A beefy carbon fiber diffuser runs below the wider rear fascia, which frames three fully-functional tailpipes flanked by a pair of directional strakes. The smaller diameter central tailpipe is highlighted in bright metallic red. Model-exclusive vortex generators at the rear edges of the roof point backward toward a visually striking rear wing.

    The next generation Civic Type R was developed by the joint efforts of Honda R&D teams in Europe and Japan and will be officially unveiled in production form next year. The 2017 Civic Type R will be produced exclusively at the Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) plant in Swindon, the global manufacturing hub for the five-door hatchback.

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    This will please the ricer crowd as it is a knock off of the STI look. Over all nice, nothing to blow my socks off with. The engine is also a yawner to me as I am just not impressed with high revving engines that move so little till you hit 10K rpm. To me they are totally lackluster engines, Would take a BOLT over this. I am sure the off the line punch will be better in the BOLT than this can deliver. Honda's Multi cam high reving engines have never impressed me and probably never will.

    I acknowledge that it does come from growing up on American V8 motors. Why add weight and turbo's when I can get better torque and movement out of a push rod engine at lighter weight.

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    wow, talk about 'overdone'.

    a buddy bought his kid like an early 2000's rsx.  The kid is already talking about some Civic hatch he's gonna buy.  Must be this thing he's talking about.

    Totally a bullseye for the rice / Acura / Vtec crowd.  OMG look at those wings!

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    Regardless, I would take an STI all day long over this civic.  Honda is just one more car maker that has lost their mojo methinks.

    On 10/2/2016 at 0:00 PM, regfootball said:

    wow, talk about 'overdone'.

    a buddy bought his kid like an early 2000's rsx.  The kid is already talking about some Civic hatch he's gonna buy.  Must be this thing he's talking about.

    Totally a bullseye for the rice / Acura / Vtec crowd.  OMG look at those wings!

    I thought the Honda fanbois had gone the way of the DODO bird until a bunch of older Civics showed up at an autocross a couple of weeks ago.

    Unreal.

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