{"id":28429,"date":"2021-12-16T09:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=28429"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:49:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:49:12","slug":"payne-honda-makes-em-drool-with-racy-2023-civic-type-r-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/payne-honda-makes-em-drool-with-racy-2023-civic-type-r-teaser","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Honda makes ’em drool with racy, 2023 Civic Type R teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of 2022\u2019s most hotly anticipated cars is the Honda Civic\u2019s range-topping Type R performance model. Honda whetted enthusiasts\u2019 appetites with camouflaged, teaser photos of the hot hatch undergoing development at the Suzuka Formula One race track in Japan this week.<\/p>\n

The striptease doesn\u2019t leave much to the imagination.<\/p>\n

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The 2023 Type R takes the 11th generation Civic\u2019s conservative styling and adds a big rear wing, swollen rear fenders for fatter tires, center tri-tailpipes, and bigger front grilles\u00a0to feed the turbocharged beast within. The current-generation\u00a0Type\u00a0R makes an impressive 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque from its 2.0-liter turbo-4 engine and the new-gen model is expected to update the formula.<\/p>\n

In defiance of the SUV trend, the compact\u00a02022 Civic sedan\u00a0was the sixth\u00a0best-selling non-pickup vehicle in America in the first nine months of 2021, according to\u00a0Car and Driver<\/a>. The new Type R will likely be built in Indiana alongside the Civic Sport hatchback after Honda discontinued production in\u00a0Swindon, England, earlier this year. The move would\u00a0continue to cement Honda as\u00a0one of the Midwest\u2019s biggest manufacturers. The Japanese company already produces the #2 best-selling SUV in America, the CR-V, in East Liberty, Ohio, and the Accord sedan in nearby Marysville. Some 95% of Honda\u2019s U.S.-sold vehicles are made in North America.<\/p>\n

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The 10th-generation car, manufactured from 2017-2021,\u00a0was a wild sculpture of wings, splitters\u00a0and scoops. Car and Driver wrote that the exterior looked like \u201ca disheveled knife drawer,\u201d and the new gen tones down the wardrobe significantly.<\/p>\n

The last-gen car was a hit. So coveted is the Type R, it owns the fifth-highest retained value in the U.S. market \u2014 61.3% after five years, according to IntelliChoice \u2014 behind only the Porsche Cayman GT4, Porsche 718 Boxster Spyder, Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 and Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet.<\/p>\n

At half (or less) of the sticker price of those exotic beasts, the ultimate Civic is one of the most capable front-wheel drive cars in the market.<\/p>\n

With standard, six-speed manual transmission, the 10th-generation\u00a0car set the fastest time ever recorded at Germany\u2019s epic N\u00fcrburgring race track for a FWD vehicle\u00a0in 2017. Renault\u2019s M\u00e9gane R.S. Trophy-R beat that time in 2019, and the new Type R surely\u00a0has its sights on taking the title back when it debuts sometime next year.<\/p>\n

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The Honda leads a parade of affordable, front-wheel-drive, $30K-something performance compacts into the market, including the Volkswagen Golf GTI, Toyota Corolla GR, Acura Integra Type-S, and Hyundai Elantra\u00a0N \u2014 and the popular Civic Si sedan, which shares the Type R\u2019s manual shifter but is shy about 100 horsepower.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a Type R on order,\u201d said Jason Richman, a Honda enthusiast from Chicago. \u201cI cannot wait. Last year\u2019s Si compared to the Type R was like night and day. With the 11th-generation Si stepping up so much, the Type R is going to be at another level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henry Payne is auto critic for The Detroit News. Find him at hpayne@detroitnews.com or Twitter @HenryEPayne.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of 2022\u2019s most hotly anticipated cars is the Honda Civic\u2019s range-topping Type R performance model. Honda whetted enthusiasts\u2019 appetites with camouflaged, teaser photos of the hot hatch undergoing development at the Suzuka Formula One race track in Japan this week. The striptease doesn\u2019t leave much to the imagination. The 2023 Type R takes the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28430,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28429\/revisions\/28430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}