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On January 19th, Honda officially announced on the Japanese official website page of the new Civic Type R that due to the hot demand for the new Civic TYPE R model, but affected by the expansion of the epidemic, insufficient supply of semiconductors and delays in the supply of auto parts, Honda officials temporarily suspended receiving orders for new cars in order to ensure that consumers who have placed orders can pick up their cars in time.

In the announcement, Honda said that since its spontaneous sale, CIVIC TYPE R has been well received by all users and has received a lot of orders, taking into account the impact of the above factors will now suspend the acceptance of new car orders. As for when to resume the order, Honda will inform you again according to the future production situation. Honda apologizes for this.

In the Japanese home market, the new Civic TYPE R model will start receiving orders on July 21, 2022 and delivery will begin on September 1. After receiving the reservation on July 21, the order volume of the car was hot and more than 20,000 vehicles were obtained, but the production was delayed due to the above factors. However, the suspension of orders is limited to the Japanese local market, other markets will not be affected.

According to previous reports from the auto industry, the new generation Civic TYPE R was officially launched in China on December 20, 2022. The car is sold and sold by Dongfeng Honda at a price of 420000 yuan. As a blockbuster model of Honda, the appearance of the new car is more avant-garde, and the overall appearance and interior design are consistent with overseas versions.

Specifically, the front face of the new car uses a large honeycomb intake grille, the middle grid is a diamond grid, the left side is inlaid with the "TYPE R" logo, and in the middle is the classic red Honda LOGO design. The front lips of the new car are painted in black, the front is surrounded by a large area of air intake and cooling openings, and the engine cover is also equipped with vents, which is very combat. On the side of the body, the new car uses larger five-spoke rims and red multi-piston brake calipers, and the side skirt is equipped with a deflector to enhance the aerodynamic performance. In the rear part, the new car adopts the design of hatchback back-up compartment cover, the iconic large-size rear spoiler highlights the fighting flavor of the new car, and the rear encirclement adopts a newly designed rear diffuser device with a large and two small middle three-out exhaust layout.

In the interior part, the new car uses a full liquid crystal dashboard with TYPE R's exclusive three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, a suspended central control multimedia display screen and a penetrating air conditioning outlet on the center console, the display of the new car dashboard is changed to a red light source in details, 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.

It should be noted that the Civic is very popular all over the world. except for the hot demand in the Japanese market, it was previously reported that as the new generation of Civic TYPE R was introduced for the first time in China, many friends were ready to book the car once it was on the market. At that time, it was exposed that the price needed to be increased by 200000.

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 645200 vehicles in 2022. Among them, Civic accumulated sales of 151000 vehicles, accounting for 23.40% of total sales.

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