My Opinion on the new Civic Type R

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 09/29/2016 at 23:18 • Filed to: None

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I love it. It’s so hilariously, ridiculously, frenetically bursting with life. It’s got scoops and spoilers and winglets and wide arches. It looks like once the regular one was finished, Spoon Sports, the Liberty Walk team, and the guy who did the aero on the Pikes Peak Suzuki Escudo went on a massive MDMA bender and designed the automotive equivalent of a CB-0000G/Reborn Gundam. They saw that the Focus RS and Golf R have two exhaust tips, and decided to give it three with the central one being (possibly) some kind of crazy straight-through electrically operated thing that’s as close to cutouts as you can get in a street car. They gave it more wings than could be provided by the world supply of Red Bull. They fitted 245-section tires, then realized the arches weren’t wide enough, so they broke out the grinders and sawzalls and plasma cutters and fiberglass molding equipment and made them fit. They threw enough carbon fiber onto a reasonably attainable street car to make even Christian Von Koenigsegg pleased. They painted it a demonic shade of black, except where they painted it a devilish red. They bolted on enough ground effects that you’d think it would come with a “diffuse deez nuts” sticker from the factory. Hell, if you look at the front fascia, you can see that they literally put vents on vents and then put more vents under that. They made the wing’s winglets have winglets, and then they rolled it out in one of Europe’s most iconic and glamorous cities. The result? The internet has lost it’s collective shit. They showed the LaFerrari Aptera in the flesh for the first time at the same show, and nobody cares! It’s the automotive equivalent of consuming a slurpee in church. Most people will look on in disgust, but there will almost certainly be people, most of them younger, who really badly want one.

Conan > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:21

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Me too. Fun and alive.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:22

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The styling is stupid, over the top, won’t age well, and I love it.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:27

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*Oppoinion

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:27

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Right on. I enjoyed the back and forth on the FP with guys saying they couldn’t possibly show up to work in it. I don’t drive customers around or any of that nonsense. So otherwise it should never matter what you drive. Plus this is Jalopnik.

Drive Free Or Die, Bitches!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:34

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fucking finally they give the Civic a hood again

RIP amorphous blob, you will not be missed

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/29/2016 at 23:38

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Coupe coming?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/29/2016 at 23:44

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No idea.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 00:07

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it’s almost like honda going “hey we know what mods this thing will have in 10 years, so we’re beating you to the punch so they don’t fall off”

Wheelerguy > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 00:15

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In short, this car is a Lamborghini.

Sure hope it’s con manuel optional, though.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Wheelerguy 09/30/2016 at 00:52

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Even the regular hatch is 1.5T manual in North America, and the previous (current?) Civic Type R is manual only, I’d be very surprised if this one isn’t available with a 6 speed manual gearbox.

for Michigan > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 01:12

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Over the top can be cool. I even liked that Lambo concept from a few years ago that looked like a hot wheels and everyone made fun of them for it. The Centenario is awesome.

My main issue with all of those vents/grills on the new Type-R is that they’re mostly fake. This isn’t like the Lamborghini of Civics, it’s like the New Edge Mustang of Civics. Fake, plastic crap tacked on everywhere it can be.

And the proportions are nowhere near as appealing as a Lamborghini.

camarov6rs > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 01:25

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My final determination is that all the extra little bits and bobs and body kit attachments and wings and things is to provide enough weight and downforce over the front end. All in an effort to keep it from literally skipping sideways under launch conditions...I can’t wait for this thing!!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > camarov6rs 09/30/2016 at 01:28

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Rumor has it that it may be over 345 horsepower and FWD. If so, then broken arms everywhere.

camarov6rs > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 01:37

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Frankly I am most interested in how Honda can make this a fun car with what should be a torque-steering slaughter wagon! In my opinion they are really the only engineering focused Japanese automaker. Their solutions to simple and complex problems have always been interesting/innovative, I hope to be proven right.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/30/2016 at 03:06

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This car came at a good time for them. The Evo is dead, the WRX languishing.

It’s bold. I eagerly await seeing it in person.

I NEVER thought I would say/type that concerning a Honda vehicle.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > camarov6rs 09/30/2016 at 13:22

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Oh, I’m sure they have something up their sleeve.

TheHondaBro > camarov6rs 09/30/2016 at 20:04

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I have no doubt they can make it work. They’ve been making FWD battle wagons for almost 30 years now, while the competition either gave up or switched to AWD.