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It's that just a 2-door Civic hybrid, maybe with some sporty software?

Adds weight, cost and complexity - the last things we want on a Type R. On a 5000 lb BMW sports-limo, sure.

Mild hybrid is another option, with only an electric alternator and tiny battery to run accessories. You see this on 2024+ Mercedes and I'm sure other cars. I'm sure Honda is testing a real hybrid Type R but if it adds too much weight or dulls the character of the car, they might go with a...

I prefer his in your face yellow to the Spoon mustard yellow. Fortunately I'm happy with white or blue.

Why do you say that? Isn't there currently a 25% tariff on imported cars?

If rest of the world = Europe, yes. China is also all in on EVs because the government has massively stimulated the EV industry, giving banks a new bubble to replace the deflated real estate bubble. But I've recently visited Taiwan, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and you don't see many EVs...

Same here, almost, I'm 1968. Kids still in the house. 😄 Not an owner yet, if all goes well I'll get my Type R when we move back to the US in July. Hopefully there's no tariff on the car by then. Trump is threatening tariffs on Japan.

If it's got all seasons on it, definitely get rid of those, the limit is likely to be you if you've never done a track day. I wouldn't change anything but tires. If the brakes get too hot as a noob you're probably overbraking the car.

I hear that a lot, what's that mean exactly? I drove a 2001 Type R once, and absolutely loved it - partly the engine sound (RIP) but also because it felt so solid, like it was forged out of an aluminum block, and the near telepathic steering response, and how you could feel everything through...

Forget about ADM, Trump is talking about putting 25% tariffs on products including cars imported from Japan. That would kill my plan to buy one.

Tiff! Cupra is a tuned up GTI, that's bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Are there really that many people who want a Type R and haven't bought one? I'm only in that category cause I've been overseas for 3 years.

Dealers only get 1 or 2 right? So all they need is to find one schmuck buying willing to pay markup and they make a nice profit. So I understand them not wanting to let go of their only car at MSRP.

Is it still so hard to get MSRP that people are going several states away? I need to buy in New England this July.

I think the spoiler (and the color) really make that car - if they made an Si hatch that looked like this I'd buy it over the Type R (I don't really need a Type R I just watch a sporty 6mT hatch with an LSD). I think with an open diff FWD car like our Focus, summer tires really help with...

Same here, for both my 2017 Sport and 2020 Si, every manual buyer reports the same thing, from every carmaker. If every single manual buyer has to scour the country to find one, they're not making enough of them. So the take rate would be higher if dealers ordered more of them.

Right, lead engineers are going to tell some intern this, which probably wasn't even decided yet last summer.

The new 3.0L that debuted in 2020? Is that engine used in anything else? That's kinda weird.

I'll turn 57 this summer before moving back to the US and buying the Type R. I've owned a '94 Civic EX 5 mT, '97 GSR sedan, 2017 Sport hatch 6mT and 2020 Si. This will be my 5th Honda. Can't wait to get back into a manual after the automatic Focus. My wife has owned an S2000 and NSX, but they...

I spent a month driving an Accord hybrid, did not like it at all. Agree not hearing the engine on startup and when you start driving makes it feel like an appliance. My two 10th gen Civics were vastly more fun and involving to drive. So if we don't get a Type R next summer I'll look for a used...