Honda's latest track version of its hot hatchback was unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show. Expected to begin production later this year, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is based on the newly re-engineered standard Civic hatchback, though it's been thoroughly tweaked to make it suitable for the track as well as the road.
The 2017 Honda Civic R obviously maintains much of the styling of this year's
standard version as well as many of the cues from the concept previewed at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. It has a distinctly aggressive appearance with massive air scoops and that huge rear spoiler, which almost seems put of proportion with the rest of the car.
Honda said that the new Civic R has a stiffer chassis covered by a lighter, a more heavily built body shell that boasts a wider use of adhesives in key areas, giving it 38 percent better torsional rigidity compared to the last year's Civic R. There's also better aerodynamics thanks to a front air curtain, smoother under-body, a lighter rear wing, and the vortex generators on the roof line's trailing edge.
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