The type for this Civic?

hatch with low and wide stance, the car was developed on the Honda Civic Hatchback platform with high-rigidity body frame.

The car’s look polarises opinions. It’s one of those either-you-like-it-or-you-don’t cars, when it comes to its looks – especially that giant rear wing.

In July, a news report said Honda might tone down the Civic Type R’s looks, when two units were spotted testing at the Nurburgring, sporting new, smaller rear wing and also some subtle bodywork tweaks. Honda has made no secret of wanting to appeal to a wider and younger demographic than it traditionally has done in the past, but it may have gone a little too far with the Civic Type R’s current styling. If Honda does move to tone things down a little with this Civic’s styling it would surely only increase the model’s appeal, but anyone hoping for something as subtle as the Civic Type R’s closest rival – a certain all-wheeldriven German hot hatch – is likely to be disappointed.

Anyway, those wing, slats, scoop and appendages that combine to create the Type R’s sporty-aggressive look are both for “go” as well as “show”. One example is the bonnet scoop. Usually, when there is such a scoop there is a turbo intercooler right underneath it, sitting on the engine. In the Civic Type R, however, it channels airflow into a pair of “tubes” that lead to both the front brakes, for extra cooling. Clever.