2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition First Drive Review: Weapon Of Choice ++ The tenth-generation Civic gets one stunning swan song.
The current Honda Civic isn’t long for this world. Coming sometime next year is the next-generation compact car, but before that happens, the automaker wants to give it another dose of spice. Enter the 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition, a limited-production (duh) machine that makes the hot hatch even more aggressive and eye-catching.
Alterations from the standard Type R are minimal. The LE comes exclusively in Phoenix Yellow, with gloss black accents on the roof, spoiler, mirror caps, and hood scoop. BBS forged aluminum wheels save 4.5 pounds per corner over the normal rollers, and Honda removed the rear window wiper, cargo shade, and some interior sound deadening for a total of 50 pounds of weight savings. More importantly, the wheels and new-to-Type R Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tires eliminate 22 p
Track Attack: 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition
Honda s lighter, grippier, and more expensive Civic Type R Limited Edition aims for front-wheel-drive track supremacy.
Back in 2017, the Honda Civic Type R set the front-wheel-drive production-car record around Germany s Nürburgring, lapping the infamous 12.9-mile-long racetrack in 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds. About two years later, Renault showed up with its Megane R.S. Trophy-R and shaved 3.7 seconds from that time. Honda has a score to settle. Enter the 2021 Civic Type R Limited Edition (LE).
The Type R LE should be the quickest and fastest production Civic ever, and it s a fitting swan song for Honda s highly successful 10th-generation compact car, which will be redesigned for the 2022 model year. But make no mistake, Honda has created this lighter and more track-focused version of its celebrated hot hatchback to reclaim glory at The Green Hell. There s a reason we did so much testing at the Nürburgring, a company spoke