2017 Honda Civic Type R costs £30,995 08 | 05 | 2017
HONDA HAS CONFIRMED its new Civic Type R will cost £30,995 when it enters Scottish dealerships in July; the car is available to order now. There will also be a GT version, which will cost an additional £2000 at £32,995, and will come with a host of extras. (Related: Champ Gordon Shedden bags two BTCC podiums for Honda)
PCP pricing has also been confirmed for the new car, which is built at Honda’s UK manufacturing plant in Swindon; with monthly payments in line with the current car and starting at £299 a month on a three year 5.9% contract for the entry level version of the new Civic Type R.
As with the outgoing model, GT drivers will benefit from blind spot information including cross traffic monitor, dual zone climate control, auto dimming rear view mirror, Honda CONNECT with Garmin Navigation, wireless charging, high power audio, and LED front fog lights.
Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the 2017 Civic Type R shares the same fundamentals as the new Civic hatchback and has been engineered from the ground up to deliver, what Honda calls “the most rewarding drive in the hot-hatch segment – both on road and on the race track”.
The 2.0-litre VTEC Turbo of the previous generation Civic Type R has been optimised and refined to produce 320PS with peak torque of 400 Nm, while the six-speed manual transmission is further improved by a rev match control system.
“As with the previous generation, we are fully expecting a huge demand for the Civic Type R,” Phil Webb, Head of Cars at Honda UK, said. “The order bank is already open and we are experiencing strong interest off the back of the launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and this is before our customers have even taken a test drive.”
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Jim McGill