official site.
http://www.RedH.co.uk


final production unveiled.



http://www.automotoportal.com/...ype_R

my comment: looks basically the same as the yellow concept, except the front bumper. i would have preferred the concept front bumper.

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CONCEPT

autoblog link http://www.autoblog.com/2006/0...ype-r/

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/p...TNEWS



btw, let me remind everyone that the Civic UK model is FIT based , not like ours and japans Civic chassis.

which explains the rear torsion beam suspension and magic seats.


ill add my comment here, a while ago i asked whether or not the RSX could have filled the position as the CRX, despite it really being an integra, but in size and performance. an overwhelmingly amount of ppl said the FIT was more of a crx, probably due to its cheap price and less weight. that being said....

seeing that the UK civic is basd on the Fit already, and looking at the styling, this 2 (3) door version of the UK civic could definately fill as the "new" CRX.


btw, that "test" shot is not quite the same type r "concept" revealed earlier this year. it still has the rear doors clearly masked off. the concept version has a cleaner roofline and rear quarter windows.





EDIT: sorry forgot to make clear that i HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt this will happen. but its interesting.



Modified by Tyson at 1:51 PM 9/14/2006

 

So will it be easy to swap most the parts over to a fit? In theory, will we be able to swap a K20 in using factory mounts??? Sounds like fun times ahead to me.

 

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hard to say, i wouldnt make any further assumptions about the engine. i would expect the suspension parts to be similar tho.

 

True, we even have the K23 (turbo) to look forward too. Fit based type R sounds like a dream come true.

 

id hit it

damn look at those brakes. they almost fill out the 17 or 18 inch wheels haha.

 

Doubtful to happen. BUT I'm hopeful.

 

oh right, forgot to add up top,

i HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt this will happen.

but its interesting.

 

eww torson bars, that's like so 1984...

 

yea i was one of those people who said the fit seemed like the closest thing honda currently has to an EF chassis.

one thing you can always count on honda of america to do, is not do anything cool.

if it does come here it will be nerfed and suck. i still say its a good looking car. it owns the ep's.

 

one last thing i forgot to add, is that the OFFICIAL UK civic type R will be shown at the london car show, in like a month.

 

I like it, we can only hope.

 

some pics of a more production 3dr version

http://www.vtec.net/forums/one...74735

 

its growing on me like all of the recent hondas have.

 

official UK civic type-S

only 140 hp.

 

They should have made the wheels bigger.... (NOT!) I think I just threw up in mouth a little...

 

hahaha wtf

 

We will never have another Type R. The Civic type R is a hatchback (a hatchback with no A/c and no stereo; set up for track racing,) you have alot of bozo's that do not understand the heritage of Sports Hot Hatches, as long as import drag is around and $200 track days exist (and you got kids that cant live without a/c and a stereo system), there will never be another Type R in the states.

 

that thing is disgusting. looks more like a nissan than a honda. i hope i don't see the day honda puts out a vehicle uglier than the element.

 

The EP3 was awesome. Why did they go down hill from there......

 

The rims look like 30''

 

its photo shopped the rims arent that big. look how small the reflection is on the floor behind the rear wheel.

 

We are never going to have another CRX, or one that at least compares to the current one. Cars have gotten to elaborate and comforable.

 

that is one of the new hondas that has not started to grow on me.

 

Before the new Civic came out i heard that Honda was planning to offer a CRX in North America a couple years after the civic. The timing seems right, who knows maybe we'll get another CRX (that is not a Del Slow).

 

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Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that I altered that picture... Jokes are hard to carry across the Internet sometimes...