It's already a better looking car as is.
Photography Courtesy Honda
Good news and bad news.
The good news? There’s a new Civic Type R on the way.
The bad news? You’ll have to wait a little while longer for its full unveiling–at least until the people in lab coats get done testing it at the Nürburgring.
Honda says we can expect to see the new Type R in all its glory sometime next year, but until then, what sort of lap time do you think it’ll set at the famed German track?
It's already a better looking car as is.
Maybe they should have sold the current Type R with the camouflage in place, might have looked better. Although that car has certainly grown on me looks wise. New one looks nice.
I drove my wife's 2018 Honda Pilot 1200+ miles this weekend and at some point inside my head I convinced myself to dump my Silverado and get a new Type R.
Then I went to work today and realized I need a truck to make it easier to do my job. Also that $40,000 w/tax price is a stretch right now.
Sheesh, I still remember when the Honda N600's were being sold out of the local motorcycle shops side parking lot.
Somehow $40K for any Honda just seems obscene to me.
Definitely better looking than the last one with the exception of the upper grill area. Honda has been pursuing this ugly pronounced forehead shape in that area on all it's cars and it's awful looking. Please stop, Honda....
In reply to RichardSIA :
The average home price in the US in 1970 was $25k and is now $300k. Inflation is real. Also, it's a $25000 car with a $15000 drivetrain. What are the better performing options for $40k?
In reply to msterbeau :
I like to imagine the conversation happening something like this...
Designer: "Our idea for the new corporate grill is to base it on the sleek strength and agility of a porpoise."
Executive: "What a great idea... Beluga it is!"
Designer: ...
In reply to AaronT :
For $40K? Too numerous to list!
Of course for myself only "Classics" would make the cut since I despise the over-complexity and flimsiness of "Modern" cars.
Yep, I see no reason to be obligated to only consider the modern throw-away cars and their incredible depreciation.
Wait about five years and that $40K car will be around $8K or less, even with low mileage and never wrecked.
RichardSIA said:Wait about five years and that $40K car will be around $8K or less, even with low mileage and never wrecked.
Yeah, no. Depreciation is real but no $40k car becomes an $8k car in 5 years.
These are currently the cheapest 5-year-old Civic Type R's I can find for sale in the country:
MSRP was $33,900. Even if you paid over sticker to be the first, we'll call it an even $40k, that's about 5% per year in depreciation.
If you hate new cars, just say you hate new cars, don't make things up to justify it.
AaronT said:In reply to RichardSIA :
The average home price in the US in 1970 was $25k and is now $300k. Inflation is real. Also, it's a $25000 car with a $15000 drivetrain. What are the better performing options for $40k?
Actually it's a $6,700 engine with a $2,300 controls package. So a $9,000 engine, but it ain't the easiest to get your hands on one. Civic TYPE R crate engine available
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