The Civic Type R Limited Edition has just launched in Australia and to celebrate its unveiling, Honda has given its local Civic Type R TCR race car a special livery. The Civic Type R competes in the local TCR Australia Series and usually rocks a ‘Racing Blue’ livery. However, it now has a ‘Sunlight Yellow’ livery that takes inspiration from the color of the road-going Civic Type R Limited Edition.
Honda is building just 1,020 examples of the Civic Type R Limited Edition worldwide and Australia will get just 20 units. Demand for the model far outstripped supply so a lottery was held to see who the owners would be. Local pricing for the Civic Type R Limited Edition starts at AU$ 70,000 (US$ 54,172) drive away, which is roughly AU$ 12,000 (US$ 9,286) more than a standard model.
The car benefits from a host of modifications. For example, it went on a diet with Honda engineers removing 12.7 kg of sound deadening material and ditching the cargo cover, rear heater ducts, and rear wiper mechanism. In addition, it sits on a set of lightweight BBS wheels, while Honda also reprogrammed the active dampers and also updated the power steering system.
Power continues to come courtesy of a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder that delivers 306 hp and 400 Nm of torque.
