Take a moment to relish this footage of the new Honda Civic Type R being built in Japan
The upcoming Honda Civic Type R is one of our most highly anticipated cars of the year, and while details of the upcoming hot hatch have been steadily drip-fed to us by Honda, this video gives us a glimpse into the car’s production process at the Yorii, Saitama factory in Japan.
If you’re anything like us, you’ll find the video super interesting and also pretty relaxing. There’s no loud obnoxious music or in-your-face special effects, just eight-and-a-half minutes of parts being machined and painted, robots doing robot things and Civic Type Rs being built. It’s basically petrolhead ASMR.
The video starts in the body shop, where the raw panels for the Civic Type R are forged out of sheet metal. Later on, we catch a glimpse of the panels and framework being painted before everything is assembled. The car slowly comes to life, and the video finishes off in the quality control section of the factory, where Honda’s engineers check for any minor imperfections.
The past three generations of Honda’s hot hatch were built at the company’s UK production site, but the upcoming FL5 generation Civic Type R will be built in Japan following the closure of Honda UK Manufacturing in Sweden.
The new Civic Type R will be powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing 325bhp. A six-speed manual gearbox will be the sole transmission option, with power delivered to the front wheels. Expect to see the new Type R land in Europe sometime in early 2023.
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- 315-horsepower Civic Type R is the most powerful Honda production vehicle ever sold in the U.S.
- Civic Type R continues to offer exceptional high-performance value with starting MSRP at $42,895
- Civic Type R capstones Honda's epic 11th-generation Civic lineup
The all-new 2023 Civic Type R – the most powerful and highest-performing Honda production vehicle ever sold in America – begins arriving at Honda dealers nationwide tomorrow with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)1 of $42,895.
"The all-new 2023 Civic Type R embodies Honda’s challenging spirit, leveraging our deep roots in competition with racetrack proven engineering to deliver thrilling performance both on the road and on the racetrack," said Mamadou Diallo, vice president of sales at American Honda. "It’s the perfect capstone to our 11th-generation Civic lineup, the sportiest, most fun-to-drive Civic in our history."
2023 Civic Type R Pricing and EPA Fuel Economy Ratings
Civic Type R | $42,895 | $43,990 | 22 / 28 / 24 |
Additional information and visual assets are available in the Civic Type R pages on Hondanews.com.
About Honda
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun, and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. Honda
has the highest fleet average fuel economy and lowest CO2 emissions of any major full-line automaker in America, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup, and the Odyssey minivan. Honda’s electrified vehicle lineup includes the Accord Hybrid, CR-V Hybrid, and in the future, Civic Hybrid. The Prologue
SUV, Honda’s first volume battery-electric vehicle, will join the lineup in 2024.
Honda has been producing automobiles in America for 40 years and currently operates 18 major manufacturing facilities in North America. In 2021, more than 95% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with nearly two-thirds made in America, using domestic and globally sourced parts.
More information about Honda is available in the Digital Fact Book.
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1 MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) excluding tax, license, registration, $1,095 destination charge and options. Dealer prices may vary.
2 2023 EPA fuel-economy ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your
vehicle, driving conditions and other factors.