The last phase of the development of the new Honda Civic Type R 2023 has already begun with a new camouflage. The Japanese firm has dressed the sportiest compact in a special way, starting the tests around the Nürburgring circuit. The new model will be one of the great novelties of early 2023.
Time is running out. The test days at the Nürburgring are marked on the calendar until the end of the year and, although there are still a few weeks left, the tests are not carried out every day of the year. As soon as the winter period begins they will be finished until next spring, and in the meantime the prototypes of the new Honda Civic Type R 2023 they do not finish entering the track.
Dresses with him colorful camouflage that Honda’s have designed To promote the new generation of the more powerful Civic, the prototypes pose in new spy photos rolling through the towns surrounding the circuit, on one of the most common routes used by all manufacturers. Some images that reveal a large part of the final production design, and the extra sportiness on either side. Ahead, the upper and lower grille show their black painted honeycomb panels with large holes.
New 2023 Honda Civic Type R spy photos
The upper grille accompanies more ragged headlights, which reveal their shape and light functions. However, Honda still does not want to reveal the frontal image, maintaining covered the large air intakes of the bumper. The new Type R follows the same design line as the previous model, with a roof line that falls more progressively at the rear, ending in an imposing spoiler.
A rear view that further reveals design elements, with large pilots linked by a thin light bar, the brutal rear diffuser and its three centrally located exhausts. The second with a larger diameter than the other two. A brutal image that will be repeated in what will be the last generation of the Civic Type R without electrification on the mechanical plane.
And it is that the Japanese have decided to dispense with this technology and reoccupy the front bay with the 2.0-liter VTEC turbo engine that will develop a maximum power of approximately 330 hp. A small increase compared to the current equivalent model and that will not mean a great extra in performance, but it will improve the power delivery and acceleration of its 6-speed manual transmission, in addition to the special tuning of the chassis.