I don't know much about the latest Civic Type R, a friend has an order placed on one, purely on the basis he was told 200 are coming to the UK, you have to be in it to win it....
I looked at the previous R and found it to be more Passat size than Golf, so that wasn't for me!
200? Seems unlikely doesn't it? Maybe that's just the initial allocation.
I guess they are built in Japan again now, not Swindon.
I know it tops the hot hatch reviews but I don't think I'd want one. Bit much for a daily driver.
I don't know for sure, that is what he has been told up to now, they are coming to the UK between Jan - July 2023.
The new (regular) Civic available in the UK from the Autumn is due to be a hybrid, so the Type R may well be a halo car, as in generate interest in the marque, keeping residuals high?
After the UK success of the GR Yaris, selling something around 2500 cars, the GR 86 Coupe UK allocation of 400 cars over 2 years sold out in 90 minutes, apparently that is it!?
I think this low allocation of specialist high end sports hatch/coupes from manufacturers of economy cars may be a thing, the higher output cars negatively affect the overall C02 average of cars produced by the company, hence lower, defined production runs?