Honda's Civic Type R
prototype is just making its Asian premiere at the 2017 Tokyo Auto Salon.
The unveiling of the new Civic Type R Prototype that
will come into the market with a 2.0-liter turbocharged VTEC engine, in Tokyo,
was accompanied by the official announcement that Japanese sales of the Civic
Sedan and European-built Hatchback and Type R will begin in summer 2017.
The Type R will be put together at the company's
Swindon plant, in UK, alongside the regular five-door hatch, from where both
will be exported to global markets, including Japan and North America. The
Civic sedan, on other hand, will be assembled at the Saitama Factory group in
Japan.
Besides the new Civic Type R prototype, Honda also
has the regular hatch and sedan versions on display (both labeled as
prototypes, though we couldn't see any differences from the existing European
and North American models) in Tokyo,
joined by a variety of cars and motorcycles, as well as several racers,
from Formula One, Super GT and MotoGP.
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