Honda Powers Up 2015 Civic Type R in New Spot

Remember the red Civic Type R with the “POW3-ROF” plates that one

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by John Halas

October 30, 2014 at 12:59

Remember the red Civic Type R with the “POW3-ROF” plates that one of our readers spotted in Croatia in September? Now, we know what it was doing there – filming a teaser spot.

The short video switches between the regular European Civic hatch and its evil twin providing quick glimpses of the performance model along with some screeching sounds that we assume to be from Honda’s newly developed +280hp 2.0-liter turbo that will power the Type R.

From our reader shots, it was pretty clear that the Type R had some, but not all of the styling elements of the concept, while also featuring the pre-facelift model’s front – apparently, Honda’s digital artists connected the dots, or so to speak (see the prototype) and gave it the same appearance as the study in the final clip.

The new Civic Type R hot hatch is scheduled for a European launch in 2015.

Many thanks to Cris S. for the heads up!