Honda Type R Coming to America, Maybe?

[Alx]

Hot Honda alert. Winding Road's European editor, Matt Davis was present at a press event recently, when a Honda Japan engineer dropped a choice nugget. Apparently, Honda's launching a Type R model for the US market. As Honda frizzeaks know, Europeans have the UK-built Type R hatch and Japanese have the Type R sedan. We're most likely to get the sedan, considering the Euro hatch has no counterpart in the US. The US Type R would get a horsepower boost over the JDM's 220 hp and limited-slip diff, along with similar suspension and appearance mods. The low-end horsepower war the car is sure to foment will commence around 2010. – Mike Spinelli
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Civic Type R (Japan)

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[Habitual Speeder]

While I still prefer to have the hatchback in North America, I'd take this.

 

[Alx]

I certainly agree, that car is really something else.

 

[ateekt]

I think, USDM models will be called/known as "Si" (trim) not as "Type-R" ...!