{"id":520772,"date":"2026-06-05T22:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/520772\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:03:31","slug":"hondas-most-hardcore-civic-type-r-debuts-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/520772\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda&#8217;s Most Hardcore Civic Type R Debuts This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Civic Type R HRC Concept is going into production, according to HRC President Koji Watanabe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It will have all-new aerodynamic parts, retuned suspension, and possibly a new exhaust.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All the parts will be sold aftermarket in the US, but it&#8217;s unknown if the production car will be sold stateside.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We all know and love the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/features\/711587\/type-r-engineering-deep-dive\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22711587%22%2C%22section%22%3A%223%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22type-r-engineering-deep-dive%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honda Civic Type R<\/a>, but maybe we know it a little too well. You could argue that perfection requires no updates, but we&#8217;d say there\u2019s always something to improve. Based on Honda Racing Corporation\u2019s (HRC) latest video and the latest reports from Japan, Big Red agrees with us\u2014the Type R HRC Concept is headed to showrooms this year.<\/p>\n<p>HRC President Koji Watanabe told <a href=\"https:\/\/car.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/2107393.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Car Watch<\/a> about Honda\u2019s plan to bring the HRC concept to production. During a Type R owner\u2019s event at Honda-owned Mobility Resort Motegi, Watanabe-san expanded on the HRC Concept that was teased at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/783872\/honda-hrc-prelude-civic-type-r\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22783872%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22honda-hrc-prelude-civic-type-r%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo Auto Salon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He says it will come very soon, within \u201c100 digits\u201d of days, and that the car is currently being developed. He added, &#8220;But please do look forward to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16x9-tr.png\" alt=\"2026 Honda Civic Type R HRC Concept\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Honda<\/p>\n<p>Developed By Honda Racing<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/730170\/acura-integra-type-s-hrc-prototype\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22730170%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22acura-integra-type-s-hrc-prototype%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acura Integra Type S HRC Concept<\/a>, then this exercise will feel very familiar, except that this comes with a much more serious edge. HRC\u2019s video shows the car being developed at Suzuka Circuit alongside Honda drivers Ayumu Iwasa, Takuma Sato, and Hiroki Otsu, and the camouflaged parts are extensive.<\/p>\n<p>The entire front end, including the bumper and fenders, looks completely different. The fenders are Super GT-inspired, with wide box flares, while the car has a more aggressive front lip, side skirts, and rear spats to complement it. The rear wing is also of a different profile, but doesn\u2019t look radically changed.<\/p>\n<p>There is clearly suspension and chassis development too, as Sato commented on the rigidity and stiffness of the development car. It\u2019s possible that the wide front fenders will accommodate a staggered tire setup to enable more front grip. Honda also doesn\u2019t pull its best pros from active racing for no reason, meaning that this is a more serious product than originally anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Will It Come To The US?    <\/p>\n<p>Whether the production car will make it stateside, we aren\u2019t sure. But Watanabe-san said the parts from the concept will be sold aftermarket in the US, which means owners can do it themselves.<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motor1.com\/photos\/927290\/2026-honda-civic-type-r-hrc-concept\/#8506175_2026-honda-civic-type-r-hrc-concept\" class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery-main-photo-box\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" data-url=\"\/photos\/927290\/2026-honda-civic-type-r-hrc-concept\/#8506175_2026-honda-civic-type-r-hrc-concept\" data-thumb=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"\" data-sub-html=\"2026 Honda Civic Type R HRC Concept\" data-entity-id=\"8506175\" data-download-url=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2026 Honda Civic Type R HRC Concept\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    10                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Source: Honda                        <\/p>\n<p><strong>Motor1\u2019s Take:<\/strong> This car coming stateside would do gangbusters, and owners would pay. If there are no engine changes, it shouldn\u2019t be too difficult to homologate. Either way, we have about 100 days to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comfort-title-large flex gap-spacing-sm-base items-center\">\n<p>\t\tWe want your opinion!\n\t<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to see on Motor1.com?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/survey\/2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTake our 3 minute survey.\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"compact-body-medium\">&#8211; The Motor1.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Civic Type R HRC Concept is going into production, according to HRC President Koji Watanabe It will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[107080,225026,86356,225019,18,43909,86355,225028,22471,225018,225020,225021,19,17,225022,225023,38195,184015,157417,225029,225025,225027,82,225024],"class_list":["post-520772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-aftermarket","tag-ayumu-iwasa","tag-b2c","tag-civic-type-r","tag-eire","tag-hatchback","tag-high-performance","tag-hiroki-otsu","tag-honda","tag-honda-civic-type-r","tag-honda-racing-corporation","tag-hrc-concept","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-koji-watanabe","tag-mobility-resort-motegi","tag-preview","tag-special-editions","tag-sporty","tag-super-gt","tag-suzuka-circuit","tag-takuma-sato","tag-technology","tag-tokyo-auto-salon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116699766449215522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}