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July 21, the new generation Honda Civic Type R global debut, after the launch of the new car will be the first to sell in overseas markets, in December it will be introduced into the domestic market in the form of CKD, "CKD form" that vehicle parts imported into China, and then assembled by Dongfeng Honda into a complete vehicle, and the reason for adopting this form, the industry pointed out that Honda considered the supply of spare parts. It is understood that a netizen issued a purchase agreement, suspected to be a new generation of Honda Civic Type R, the purchase agreement shows that the pre-price of the car is 35-450000 yuan. At present, the official price of the new car has not been announced, and whether this is the case will need to be further confirmed by the authorities.

As a new generation model, the new car is based on the hatchback Civic. In terms of appearance, the front face of the new car uses a large number of honeycomb intake grille, China net uses a diamond grid style, the left side is embedded with the "TYPE R" logo, and in the middle is the classic red Honda LOGO design, the overall recognition is very high. The front lip of the new car is painted in black, and the front enclosure uses a large area of intake and heat dissipation opening, which looks more avant-garde as a whole.

On the side of the body, the new car uses larger five-spoke rims and red multi-piston brake calipers to increase the sense of movement of the new car. The front and rear wing plates of the new car are widened to make it wider, and the wheel distance of the body is further increased. To ensure the handling performance of the new car. In terms of appearance and color matching, the new car has a total of champion white, rally red, racing blue, crystal black and sonic gray and other colors.

In the rear part, the new car adopts the hatchback back-up cover design, the iconic large-size rear spoiler also appears in the new car, the taillight design is consistent with the ordinary version of the model, and the tail mark is also equipped with the "R" logo and the red "H" logo. Echo with the front face. The rear enclosure of the new car uses a newly designed rear diffuser with a large and two small mid-set three-out exhaust layout.

In the interior part, the overall layout of the new car is consistent with that of the ordinary version, using the full liquid crystal dashboard with the exclusive three-spoke multi-function steering wheel of TYPE R, the suspension design of the central control multimedia display screen and the through-type air conditioning outlet design on the center console, the display of the new car dashboard is changed to red light source, and the word "TYPE R" is placed in many places in the car.

In terms of power, the new car is expected to be equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of more than 300 horsepower, matched by a six-speed manual transmission. However, at present, the official has not released the detailed power information, the specific parameter configuration still needs to be officially announced.

Civic is one of the most representative models of Honda. Data show that the annual sales of Civic from 2017 to 2021 are 173000, 218000, 244000, 233000 and 159000 respectively. According to the concern of the automotive industry, the first generation Civic Type R was born in 1997, based on the sixth generation Civic development at that time; the second generation Civic Type R was released in 2001, this model is also the first time introduced to the European market TYPE R model, equipped with 2.0L naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine, this car also won the honor of the best hatchback performance car of Top Gear magazine in 2002.

In April 2006, Dongfeng Honda introduced CIVIC into domestic production and sales, and named it "Civic" in Chinese. Since then, its sales have been firmly at the top of the domestic car list. The third-generation Civic TYPE R was launched in 2007. Different from the previous two generations, this generation of Civic TYPE R is divided into a hatchback Civic with three doors and an European version. In 2015, the fourth-generation Honda Civic TYPE R launched for the first time with a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 310hp and a maximum torque of 400Nm; the fifth-generation Honda Civic TYPE R, which was launched in 2017, is based on a hatchback Honda Civic and is equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 320hp and a six-speed manual transmission. According to the intergenerational relationship of the Honda family, the new Honda Civic Type R will be the sixth generation.

As far as the current market is concerned, the high-performance hatchback compact car is a niche market in China, including Mercedes AMG A35 in China, and Golf R, Subaru WRX STI, Fox RS and other models in overseas markets, of which domestic Mercedes AMG 35 is priced at 395100 yuan, imported AMG A45 S 4MATIC+ is priced at 549900 yuan, and imported golf R guide price is 372800 yuan. If the price of the domestic Civic Type R is between 30 and 350000, it may mean that the new car has an advantage in terms of price. The latest figures show that Honda Civic sold 73482 vehicles in the first half of this year.

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