Honda has finally announced that the wraps will come off the all-new Civic Type R on 21 July. A little longer to wait, then, even though we’ve seen the new hot hatch plenty of times in camouflage and know it has already set a front-wheel drive lap record at Suzuka. Not bad.
Our friends over in the UK have also driven the new Civic in standard eHEV form, and there’s a few clues to suggest that the Type R will be very special indeed.
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Anyway, until the full reveal, why not let us know your favourite generation of Type R in the comments below. EK9? EP3? FN2? FK2? FK8? Sound like F1 tactic codes or new ways of swearing at people on the Internet, don’t they?
Still, it just so happens that this week is exactly 50 years since the Civic first went on sale, so let’s all have a fun little throwback, shall we?
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
