More Civic Type R Variants Are Coming!

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Hideki Matsumoto, chief engineer for the Civic, has informed the media that Honda has more Civic Type R variants in the works!

This includes a more hardcore version of the Type R with more horsepower. A more toned-down "grand touring" type model and AWD versions are also possible.

Very exciting news! :beer:

Honda responds to sports car cravings

More versions of Civic Type R are in the works

Honda Civic 10th gen More Civic Type R Variants Are Coming! AR-170619820


MONTREAL — The forbidden fruit has arrived. And it’s going to come in more than one flavor.

The Honda Civic Type R finally went on sale in the U.S. last week after being confined to Japan and Europe for two decades and four generations. Eagle-eyed fans of its stat sheet will notice that the engine output, transmission and front-wheel-drive setup on the redesigned 2017 model largely are carried over from the previous version.

But more variety is in the works. Honda is planning additional versions of the Type R in an effort to broaden its consumer appeal and keep sales fresh, a challenge many sports cars and niche enthusiast vehicles face after initial demand wears off. In doing so, Honda is following the playbook of brands such as Porsche and Chevy’s performance arm that have become masters at using countless iterations and special editions of a single model to juice sales.

“We’re hoping that by gradually putting out more [variants] that we’ll be able to maintain a more stable sales volume,” Hideki Matsumoto, chief engineer for the Civic model range, told Automotive News through an interpreter at a media event here this month.

Atop Honda’s list is a more hard-core version of the Type R with more horsepower. Honda also is considering a toned-down version “focused more on the grand touring aspect” that would broaden the car’s target market, Matsumoto said.

An all-wheel-drive version also could happen; many of the Type R’s direct competitors come standard with awd -- Volkswagen’s Golf R, Subaru’s WRX and WRX STI and Ford’s Focus RS.

But because this was the first Type R sold in the U.S., Honda wanted to introduce it in the same form that has earned it a considerable following abroad, Matsumoto said. So the original recipe stuck: fwd, lighter weight, a six-speed manual transmission and an approachable asking price ($34,775, including shipping, for the single trim level).

The car has a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that’s largely the same as in the previous Type R; it makes 306 hp and 295 pounds-feet of torque. An adaptive suspension, limited-slip differential, Brembo front brakes and automatic rev-matching on downshifts round out the car’s performance goodies.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170618/RETAIL01/170619820/honda-civic-type-r-variants
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And now the people that just paid an ADM are going to regret it when they want to trade for a variant.

It sucks being on the bleeding edge of technology

I would love to see a true hatch back variant instead of the 5 door sedan they used for this model.
 

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Couple of things.

1. We knew that this 10th gen platform was capable of AWD. See the transmission tunnel?
2. Demand for the FK8 just dropped a little.
3. Will Honda send the hardcore version to the US or keep it exclusive for Japan and Europe?
4. AWD will most likely lap slower on the Ring due to weight. However, their potential buyers probably just tripled. It's about time Honda tried to go for that AWD market.
5. Honda sees this Type R as a long term project, unlike Integra Type R in 97-01.
 


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Couple of things.

1. We knew that this 10th gen platform was capable of AWD. See the transmission tunnel?
2. Demand for the FK8 just dropped a little.
3. Will Honda send the hardcore version to the US or keep it exclusive for Japan and Europe?
4. AWD will most likely lap slower on the Ring due to weight. However, their potential buyers probably just tripled. It's about time Honda tried to go for that AWD market.
5. Honda sees this Type R as a long term project, unlike Integra Type R in 97-01.
1. Excellent pick up on this!
3. Personally, I think that Honda would also include this on their global platform approach and release it for all countries (within regulations) as this announcement was made in the US and it looks like North America will be one of the larger/largest markets for the CTR.
4. Your right in that I have heard a lot of people aliment about AWD (I'm not one of them).
5. Your right. This looks very promising for continued future model years (insert a huge smile here :))
 

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Would love for a Mugen Type R....

An AWD version would be very nice too and shut up some members here complaining of lack of AWD, that being said why not offer the Type R in coupe and sedan version too?
Had the same thought about the coupe and sedan, and I wouldn't be shocked if they may show up at some point. Personally though Im a huge fan of the hatch due to its versatility.
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