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On the evening of December 20, on the Night of the Civic Family, the new generation Civic TYPE R officially went on sale at a price of 420000 yuan. At the same time, the eleventh generation Civic HATCHBACK is also officially on the market, with a total of 6 new models with a price range of 14.59-179900 yuan.

As a blockbuster model of Honda, the new generation of Civic TYPE R has been exposed many times, and the new car is based on the hatchback Civic. In terms of appearance, the front face uses a large number of honeycomb intake grille, the middle net is a diamond grid style, the left side is inlaid with the "TYPE R" logo, and in the middle is the classic red Honda LOGO design, the overall recognition is very high. In addition, the front lip of the new car is painted in black, the front is surrounded by a large intake and cooling opening, and the engine cover is also equipped with vents, which looks more avant-garde.

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 wings of the new car are widened, and the wheel distance of the body is further increased to ensure the handling performance of the new car. 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 continues to carry a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 330 horsepower and a maximum torque of 420 Nm. The transmission system still offers a six-speed manual transmission and is equipped with a front axle LSD limited slip differential.

As one of Honda's very representative models, the first generation Civic Type R can be traced back to 1997. Based on the sixth generation Civic development at that time, it was equipped with B16B 1.6L naturally aspirated engine with a maximum power of 185hp and a peak torque of 160Nm. The second-generation Civic Type R was launched in 2001, unlike the previous generation, it is "made in the UK". It is also the first TYPE R model introduced to the European market, with a 2.0L naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine, and it was named the best hatchback performance car by Top Gear magazine in 2002.

In the domestic market, Civic Type R was first introduced into domestic production and sales by Dongfeng Honda in April 2006. according to the intergenerational relationship of Honda family, Civic Type R has gone through five iterations. This new generation of Honda Civic Type R is the sixth generation. 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 in the forefront of the domestic car list; the third-generation Civic TYPE R was launched in 2007, which is different from the previous two generations in that this generation of Civic TYPE R is divided into three-compartment Civic (code name FD2) and European version of the hatchback Civic (code name FN2). In 2015, the fourth-generation Honda Civic TYPE R went on sale, with a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine for the first time 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.

Data show that the annual sales of Civic from 2017 to 2021 are 173000, 218000, 244000, 233000 and 159000 respectively. After entering 2022, the market performance of Civic lags slightly behind that of previous years, but the car is still an important source of sales of Dongfeng Honda. According to new car traffic insurance data, Dongfeng Honda sold 577762 vehicles from January to November in 2022. Among them, Civic accumulated sales of 132629 vehicles, accounting for 22.96 of the total sales.

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