A surprise debut at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon is the facelifted FK8 Honda Civic Type R, which is sharing space at the show with the updated cooking models that are also making their Japanese premieres. Apart from the usual visual tweaks, Honda is promising uprated internals to provide an even more scintillating drive.
UPDATE: The first official details and images are out, see them here.
The changes are fairly minor on the outside, mirroring those found on the regular Civic Hatchback and including small body-coloured fins on the large fake air intakes and vents on the front and rear bumpers. The black panels at the front are a little less fake this time around, for reasons that will be explained later. The interior has yet to be revealed, but expect a revised head unit with physical buttons and a volume knob.
However, the most important changes are to the mechanicals, and while Honda hasn’t released any details as yet, the company’s chief director of Japanese operations Kimiyoshi Teratani said on stage that the car will benefit from increased engine cooling. Looking closely at the front of the car, the air inlet on the right side of the car has been repositioned (the left side remains blank).
The K20C 2.0 litre VTEC Turbo four-cylinder engine currently produces 320 PS (310 PS for our market) at 6,500 rpm and 400 Nm of torque from 2,500 to 4,500 rpm, though the improved breathing should enable Honda to uncork even more power. The company is also said to have uprated the braking performance, as well as introducing some chassis upgrades to better the car’s already impressive handling.
Full details of the car’s improvements will be released when the car goes on sale in Japan in June. So, can we expect the Civic Type R to regain its Nürburgring crown?
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Updated Civic Type R Facelift including Civic Facelift. But come in Malaysia, No AEB, No Land Departure Warning, No Rear Cross Traffic Alert and no Blind Spot Monitor but only high variants for Civic. Even the quality and aftersales service is too poor
Almost all of Honda models, no Honda Sensing. But yeah, only high spec like Accord, Civic and CRV
And you still whine because you cant afford one
Aiyahhh…sporty drivers have no confidence in driving Civic Type R. They have to pay high cost in getting spare Type R parts every time when going to workshop in and out as always. And yes I agreed with you.
That’s why better buy bezza with the game changing AEB. So sad that perodua is the only one pushing the standards of safety for the low end car market while toyota, Honda, BMW, mersidis, and proton are there counting their cash earned from brand whores
Finish Honda Malaysia, even this facelift revealed, especially for upcoming City Turbo also no AEB, no land departure warning and no blind spot monitor. Salesman will start crying. So called as “Power of Nightmare Cars”
As majority in Malaysia fed up of driving honda cars because too many quality issues on newer Honda models after bought for less than 1 year. When go to aftersales service, people also complaining most of the aftersales service dealer. Cannot solve. Shows that technicians are having half past six, lying, didn’t repair at all, never repair other peoples car at all.
Yet, some of them are still buying Honda cars with brainless. Also, come here hating kimchi cars with low resale value and hating mazda. Just look at safety specs, most of Honda models are really kosong spec. Compare to Mazda, Toyota and Hyundai Ioniq comes with blind spot monitor, AEB, land departure warning and others. No wonder, many mazda CX-5 and Proton X70 everywhere than looking Honda CRV is now rare.
Malaysians rather buy mazda. This comes with 5 years warranty as Honda. Bermaz service is better and they already improved their service than honda. Even CKD Mazda CX-5 looks so so but better than most Honda models. So Honda Malaysia is dead.
Land departure?..can fly?..lulz
If it comes with land departure warning, I hope the buyers won’t be seeing it working!
Still ah beng look. Shouldn’t the taillamps have changed to US Civic facelifted version?
agreed too much ah beng look, still the last Europe type R exterior design more nice look this this far far..
Besides this, even accord also look even more Ah Beng
Amazing Japanese quality. Looks so impressive. Better than some China rebadged car.
If I buy this car, I will be so happening. If I drive China rebadged car, I have to tanggung so much malu
Previously my friend here told us we should not follow China and instead follow his Japan overlord. Now his Japan overlord has fallen and their sales are going down the drain, then we have another that told us we should follow China. In that case I propose we follow Martians. At least they have flying cars. Agreed?
This also can smoke the fastest proton which is the satria r3, p1 fanboys still syiok sendiri thinking they got a fast car and own the road until the samurai type r came and cincang the satria
2500rpm only get turbo kicks in.
it’s getting noisy at that range.
I bet in matter of months, Malaysia’s road will be littered with wannabe-civic-type-R bodykits…
To x70 owners, top up 200k only then can get the trustworthy Japanese quality already, at least during kenduri can drive and park in front proudly and at least it’s not ‘made in China’. Besides you get 100hp+
We all should stop buying cars sacrificing AEB for cost cutting like Proton, toyota, honda, bmw and mesidis and join the footsteps of perodua in pushing standards in safety. Because these brands only sell cars through their brands. That’s why better buy bezza to show our support for cars with AEB!