2018 Civic Type R spied in new round of Nurburgring testing

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In the top one, that's definitely a TypeR badge in the front upper grill!!
Red lip rims - I think the red is only on the 'red' pack or whatever option where you get red highlights and stuff.
Outer bumper grill gains some air directors it seems.
Door glass looks like it is now safety glass instead of deathglass.
Anything I'm missing?

A couple things I notice that I definitely love - it looks like the upper portion of the front window is housing the HondaSensing stuff!
My thinking is the top car is what we'll see in the dealer's, LED's and red accent rims in all. The bottom car looks like it wants a certain record back. Nonetheless, I love how extreme the aero still is... but so much more Integrated than the 9th gen .
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My thinking is the top car is what we'll see in the dealer's, LED's and red accent rims in all. The bottom car looks like it wants a certain record back. Nonetheless, I love how extreme the aero still is... but so much more Integrated than the 9th gen .
It would be great if the top one is type R and the bottom is Si.
 

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It would be great if the top one is type R and the bottom is Si.
My guess is the top one is a camo'd production version of what we will see-but with different wheels. Otherwise why bother with the TypeR badge?
The bottom is preproduction TypeR-although I'd love if the Si had those huge brembos.
 

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My guess is the top one is a camo'd production version of what we will see-but with different wheels. Otherwise why bother with the TypeR badge?
The bottom is preproduction TypeR-although I'd love if the Si had those huge brembos.
I doubt we'll get brembo brakes on the SI being that it is a budget sports car, A lot of sources are saying that the SI and type R will share many components so I'm sure we'll have some type R heritage in there :), without the price tag lol.
 

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Everything that I've heard & read says that the SI will be in coupe & sedan forms only, the CTR in hatch only. I think the top version is production version as well. It really looks like the design elements have come together. I dig.
 


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Will definitely want to swap out my stock hood for the type r one.
 

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looks AWD to me ... look at the set of the rear on at the last left / right corner !!
Nah, there's dirt on the track, you can see the brown and the Civic just touches it (or is close enough) to kick some up. The dust even looks brown-ish.

Sorry ): I would love an AWD too.
 

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Oh no, not the red lip rims again. I really dislike this element of current CTR.

Did you notice that both recently spotted prototypes have small differences?

Honda Civic 10th gen 2018 Civic Type R spied in new round of Nurburgring testing ctrs
I wonder if there will be different trim levels of type R. Maybe not performance differences, but bells and whistles, like sensing, leather seats, led lights and wheels?
 

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I would love to take my car around the Nurburgring track. Not to set any records or anything, I just remember playing Gran Tourismo so much. :p
 

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I dont think that puff of smoke from the rear tires means AWD. Its not AWD. Highly unlikely IMO. I still feel Honda is a little bit behind introducing this car. Its basically a Focus St, but then again the Focus has already evolved with the RS so where does that leave the Honda? I dunno. Hopefully the car turns out great come 2018. For myself I cant wait that long :(
 


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AWD confirmed by factory driver:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/06/22/honda-could-switch-to-rear-wheel-drive-in-2017/

The Subaru Levorg GT as with all Subarus is four-wheel drive in its road-going configuration, but with four-wheel drive banned under the BTCC’s technical regulations, the team have had to configure the car as a rear-wheel drive car, which Neal explains is an option that has opened up for Honda with the upcoming tenth-generation Civic model.

“The next Civic is a four-wheel drive car so we can do it. OK, it doesn’t have a boxer engine, but we can do what they’ve done and we would just have to go rear-wheel drive with them, that’s what (TOCA) have pushed the formula into,” explained Neal.


Found by staylurkn:
http://www.civicx.com/threads/first...back-prototype-spy-pics.350/page-7#post-71840
 
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AWD confirmed by factory driver:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/06/22/honda-could-switch-to-rear-wheel-drive-in-2017/

The Subaru Levorg GT as with all Subarus is four-wheel drive in its road-going configuration, but with four-wheel drive banned under the BTCC’s technical regulations, the team have had to configure the car as a rear-wheel drive car, which Neal explains is an option that has opened up for Honda with the upcoming tenth-generation Civic model.

“The next Civic is a four-wheel drive car so we can do it. OK, it doesn’t have a boxer engine, but we can do what they’ve done and we would just have to go rear-wheel drive with them, that’s what (TOCA) have pushed the formula into,” explained Neal.


Found by staylurkn:
http://www.civicx.com/threads/first...back-prototype-spy-pics.350/page-7#post-71840
Holy crap! Take that WRX and Focus RS!
 

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Everything that I've heard & read says that the SI will be in coupe & sedan forms only, the CTR in hatch only. I think the top version is production version as well. It really looks like the design elements have come together. I dig.
I think this time around the Si will appear in hatch form only. The 1.5 Turbo is all the sedan and coupe are going to get.
 


 


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