2021 Civic Type R Price Announced With $500 Increase

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Looks like pricing is out for MY2021:

Regular: $37,495
Limited Edition: $43,995


2021 Honda Civic Type R Heats Up with Exclusive Limited Edition

September 2, 2020 — TORRANCE, Calif.
  • New Limited Edition brings go-faster dynamic package for ultimate Type R performance, clothed in exclusive Phoenix Yellow
  • Limited Edition features BBS forged alloys, extra sticky Michelins, weight reduction, and bespoke chassis tuning
  • Type R Limited Edition1 set new front-wheel drive Suzuka Circuit record
The 2021 Honda Civic Type R begins arriving in dealers today, heightened by the addition later this month of the ultimate street-legal Type R, the Limited Edition. Since its U.S. debut in 2017, Civic Type R has quickened the pulses of hot-hatch enthusiasts, earning widespread praise from media and owners alike. The new Limited Edition model turns up Type R performance further still, with lower weight, improved handling, a higher-performance wheel and tire combination, and an exclusive, eye-catching Phoenix Yellow paint.

The 2021 Civic Type R comes with a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $37,495, while the Type R Limited Edition has an MSRP of $43,995 (neither including the $955 destination and handling charge). With only 600 Limited Edition units available, it is recommended buyers contact their local authorized dealerships directly for availability of this exclusive model.
The 2021 Type R Limited Edition will come in an exclusive Phoenix Yellow color, with gloss black paint on the roof, outside mirror caps, and intake vent on the hood, along with a dark chrome Civic badge on the rear hatch. Inside, each Limited Edition has a special numbered plaque on the center console designating its build number.

The 2021 Civic Type R and Type R Limited Edition carry forward the numerous updates made to the 2020 Type R, including the freshened front and rear exterior styling, larger grille opening and radiator for improved engine cooling, and interior updates such as the Alcantara™-wrapped steering wheel, and a new weighted shift knob. Both feature the Honda Sensing® suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies as standard equipment, including Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Forward Collison Warning, Road Departure Mitigation with Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist, and Adaptive Cruise Control.

TYPE R LIMITED EDITION

The 2021 Type R Limited Edition embodies multiple engineering and feature changes designed to maximize performance, without sacrificing Type R’s unique combination of razor-sharp performance and civilized daily-driving manners.

Racers know that reducing weight is key to better performance at the track, which is why a number of measures were taken to reduce the curb weight of the Type R Limited Edition by 46 pounds versus the standard Type R.
Replacing the standard Type R wheels with lightweight forged-aluminum alloys from BBS saves the Type R Limited Edition an additional 18 pounds of unsprung weight, which has an important impact on agility and roadholding with a side benefit to ride comfort. The lighter weight results in lower rotational inertia, an effect amplified by lightweight two-piece floating front brake rotors that were applied to all Type Rs in 2020, which yielded a 2.5 pounds of weight savings per side. Going further still, 28 pounds of sound deadening materials have been removed from the roof, rear hatch panel, and front fenders and dash; even the cargo cover, rear heater ducts and rear wiper mechanism were removed to save weight.
The Type R Limited Edition also features grade-exclusive Michelin Cup 2 tires with improved cornering performance2. To take full advantage of the lighter weight wheels and extra-grippy tires, Limited Edition features unique programming for the Active Damper System (ADS), which was already updated just last year to sample inputs 10 times faster the before. Similarly, the electrically assisted power steering has been reprogrammed to match the elevated dynamic performance and lighter weight of the BBS alloys. The result is an even more rewarding driving experience, especially during on-track driving.

Under the hood, the 2021 Civic Type R and Type R Limited Edition draw power from the same race-bred 2.0-liter direct-injected and turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with VTEC™ valvetrain, putting out a peak 306-horseopwer (SAE net) and a peak 295 lb.-ft. of torque (SAE net), with power to the front wheels delivered through a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential. Both Type R models allow drivers to choose between three driving modes – Comfort, Sport and +R – that vary throttle mapping, damping force and steering assist.
Suzuka Track Record

The Civic Type R Limited Edition (European spec) recently stormed to a new front-wheel drive track record at Suzuka Circuit, Honda's Formula 1 racetrack in Japan, with a time of 2 minutes 23.993 seconds. Originally built as a test facility for Honda, the 3.6-mile Suzuka track's figure-8 configuration today is known worldwide as a highlight of the Formula 1 season as a driver and fan favorite. To read more about this achievement, visit Hondanews.com.
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Looks like pricing is out for MY2021:

Regular: $37,495
Limited Edition: $43,995
And the LE will have $20K markups plastered on them probably cause we know how dealers are here.
 
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I just seen this, I am surprised the MSRP isn't higher.
 

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is it just me, I just wish Honda put a little more effort on the LE. Other than rims, tires, and paint, other upgrades seems taking stuff out of the car to save weight and just software change to the active dampers and electronic steering. I wish they made more of an effort in terms of actual different suspension components, spring rates etc.
 

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is it just me, I just wish Honda put a little more effort on the LE. Other than rims, tires, and paint, other upgrades seems taking stuff out of the car to save weight and just software change to the active dampers and electronic steering. I wish they made more of an effort in terms of actual different suspension components, spring rates etc.
They might not go into that granular detail until someone actually do an independent thorough inspection of the car. Meanwhile Savagegeese did look under a 2020 model. Perhaps some of the changes were already implemented starting from the 2020 model so no longer mentioned in the 2021 LE announcement.
 

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eh. Knowing Honda, it will make Phoenix Yellow a standard color for next gen Type R.
I can kinda see them pulling something like that. Probability is probably 70%. Just the color. Not the other bits that account for the LE like BBS wheels.
 

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They might not go into that granular detail until someone actually do an independent thorough inspection of the car. Meanwhile Savagegeese did look under a 2020 model. Perhaps some of the changes were already implemented starting from the 2020 model so no longer mentioned in the 2021 LE announcement.
Yea I get what you mean. I guess what I am trying to say is that the Type R LE doesn't seem all that different/ special. Wish they had a power upgrade or something. My last car was a bmw m2 and a lot of the software can be changed in terms of electronic steering. Maybe one day a tuner can change the regular 2020 type R to LE settings.
 


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type r's are getting expensive with tax and interest your looking at 50k almost
 

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What is up with that $500 increase...its the same as MY2020 roght?
 

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good for my resale value as they keep going up I picked up my 2019 for 36,200
True that I love it just crazy...also to add in the fact that There are very few 2020's out here. The resale will shoot up
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