There are already presentation dates for the new Honda Civic Type R 2023. The Japanese brand is preparing the event in which it will discover the new sports version of a model that will be released on the market in the fall, and only launched on the market as a hybrid. A very different drive system from this new asphalt beast that will arrive in 2023.
Honda technicians have extended extensively in the development and fine-tuning of the new sports model, all a badge in the Japanese brand, which enjoys great acceptance in practically all world markets. Although the new generation of Honda Civic It has not yet been officially put up for sale – it will be in the fall – the manufacturer is preparing the presentation of the sportier variant, keeping silent on the specific date for now.
At least in Europe, because in the United States they have marked the day on the calendar. Stephen Collins, director of Honda in the Australian market, has pointed out in a statement to a local media outlet that the new Honda Civic Type R will be presented in weeks, pointing out that «So far it has shown -the Civic Type R prototypes- a lot of camouflage, but will be fully revealed in Juneduring the European summer».
2023 Honda Civic Type R
It remains to specify a date on the calendar, because andn The United States is already pointing to July 1 as the great day of the revelation of the 11th generation of the sports compact, the last one that will see the light without resorting to electrification technology. The Japanese, who have gestated development and fine-tuning straddling Europe and Japanhave recently set a record at the Suzuka track, and it is expected that they will also revalidate the one achieved by the previous generation at the Nürburgring circuit.
On the German track, the predecessor of one of the few compact sports cars left on the market clocked an impressive 7 minutes and 40.1 seconds, crushing the king of the category, the Mégane RS Trophy-R. The Frenchman was dethroned from such a prestigious award by the Japanese that he has also announced the time achieved in the country of the rising sun, with nothing less than 2 minutes and 23.1 seconds, one second faster than the previous model.
The new Civic Type-R will once again have an aggressive exterior image, as usual, a true reflection of the performance hidden by the powerful gasoline engine of four cylinders and 2.0 liters turbo, with a maximum power that will slightly exceed 320 hp of the current model. What will not change will be the transmission, six-speed manual and, once again, transferred to the asphalt through the front wheels. A survivor that will be on sale at the end of the year and with the first deliveries early 2023 on the European continent.
Source: Carsales