Aggression Just Kicked In, Yeo: Honda Civic Type R Inches Closer to Production Form

Mark your calendars: 2017 is when the production of the Honda Civic Type R coming to showrooms worldwide. Before that though, Honda whetting appetites with the uncovering of the Civic Type R Prototype, pictures that just came out ahead of the 2016 Mondial de L'Automobile (Paris International Motor Show).

Based on the low and wide proportions of the new Civic hatchback, the Type R Prototype styling is enhanced with a muscular body and modifications to aid aerodynamic performance. clad exterior highly reflective, fine-grained unique aluminum-effect finish for the car show.

At the front, emphasized aggressive bumper with a carbon fiber splitter winged red accents and sporty lines. Additional slatted channel add width to the bumper, and a diamond-mesh inserts fill the air intakes sculpted.

'H' badge famous red Honda, which adorn all models R Type, sitting on top of a new air vents in the nose of the car. There is also a new intake on the hood, with the air scoop located centrally in a trapezoidal recess. smoked lenses for LED lights, indicators and side repeaters reflects a more aggressive character type R This prototype.

carbon fiber side skirts run a long wheelbase, the piano black 20-inch alloy wheels with red accents and a 245-section high-performance tires. enlarged to accommodate new wheel arches.

A large carbon fiber diffuser under the rear bumper run on a broader, which framed the three tailpipes fully-functional with a pair of directional strakes on each side. The central exhaust of a smaller diameter and is highlighted in red metallic bright. unique peaks in the sides of the roof pointed back toward the dramatic, visually striking rear wing.

No performance figures have been released, but if the reports are to be believed, expect the Civic Type R to produce north of 340 horsepower channeled through a system of intelligent front-wheel drive. Generation Civic Type R was engineered in the development program together with other members of the Civic, and will be officially unveiled in production form next year.

It will be produced at Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) in Swindon, global manufacturing center for a five-door hatchback, with sales expected to begin in Europe in the second half of 2017. After that, the Type R will be exported to markets around the world including, hopefully, the Philippines.

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