The fifth-generation Honda City range is currently crowned by the City RS e:HEV with Honda’s latest i-MMD powertrain. Sure, it seems to pack quite a bit of punch on paper, especially with that 253 Nm of torque. But, there never was a high-performance version of the City, and there still isn’t.
What if there was, though, and what would it look like? Well, thankfully we have Theophilus Chin to help with the illustration of the City Type R, albeit in hatchback from.
Up front, the City RS’ sporty black radiator grille with honeycomb insert has been retained, and it gets the customary Type R and red Honda badges. The front bumper gets styled in the vein of the FK8 Civic Type R, complete with the air curtains and front lip, but minus the fog lamps.
Other details include the flared fenders, wider tyres on black twin-four spoke wheels, drilled rotors with painted wheel hubs, gloss black wing mirrors, vented bonnet, and side skirts. There’s a familiar W177 Mercedes A-Class look to the rear, particularly the gloss black spoiler, third brake light, tailgate design and rear glass profile.
The LED combination tail lights have a slightly slimmer profile, but the signature upswept LED strip remains unchanged. The fuel flap has also been positioned above the shoulder line, whereas the rear bumper gets dressed with a wide plastic trim with meshed inserts. The massive hexagonal chrome exhaust tip and rear lip complete the look, and of course the body kit gets red pinstripe highlights. So, what do you think?
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loose to Proton X50.
dont have 4 tail pipe/3 cylinders turbo
Menacing body lines reliving the glorious Civic Ek9 & bullet EG6 of Honda yesteryears. Perrggghh hear that VtecKickin’yo, double down beb!
If Honda Malaysia create this hatch ….. I will pay my booking now.
A perfect product catered for Ah Bengs and Abang-abang. How about white champ coating.
That reminds me of those older Cities with Ah beng bodykits, Type R red badges, Type R wording badge on the bootlid, the fengtau music blaring and the speed demon inside. Somethings never change.
Warm hatch not hot
Ah beng type r
Nice one honda. More garang then yaris gr
Toyota die hard fans or Proton fans coming in 3 2 1….
Alamak bro, your honda fanboys have already done for damaging to other brands. Time for honda fanboys to reflect for their own mistakes
A hatchback City is effectively a Jazz. duh.
Oredi my AMG kena cucuk dgn normal City now got City type R somemore… adoiii..
(Only) Type R Integra, NSX deserve this badge. The rest is unworthy, and marketing gimmick.
It has to have a Civic Si engine with over 200hp and 6 speed manual gearbox with LSD to make it worthy of calling it a City Type R.
interesting
What about the rate