The Type R has always been a sought after car and the latest model based on the ninth generation Civic doesn’t disappoint either. Unfortunately, this car has only been available for the European market which made the US customers turn to the Focus RS and the Gold R. In order to regain some of these buyers and give the US market a true hot hatch, the 2018 Honda Civic Type R will be released across a lot more markets than before. So far there have been only rumors about the new Type R, but more recently a few inside sources did say a few things about it, but more on that a bit later. As we mentioned above, the new Type R will be based on the same platform as the latest Civic.
What is significant about this car?
The new platform offers much better torsional rigidity, it is lighter and on top of that modular. However, these are not the only important aspects of it. The ongoing European Type R was made as a development vehicle in order to see if the car would be successful. This is also the reason why it was built at the end of the life-cycle of the ninth generation.
The new car will be launched next year which is quite close to the release of the new Civic which happened only a few months ago. This will allow Honda to further improve the car in the future. The price has not been revealed for now but considering its competitors cost between $30,000 and $40,000; it is safe to assume that it will cost roughly the same.
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