2023 Honda Civic Type R Imagined With Performance-Oriented Styling 5 Jun 2021, 12:03 UTC · by Type R is to Honda Motor Company what M is to BMW. The go-faster suffix can trace its roots back to the early 1990s with the mid-engine disruptor known as the NSX, and just a few short years later, the critically acclaimed Integra Type R paved the way for the Civic that we all want. 28 photos No fewer than five generations were produced from 1997 onward, and the latest Civic Type R is a tough act to follow in every respect with the notable exception of fake vents. Be that as it may, Honda knows it has to deliver a genuine driver’s car with very little in the way of gratuitous visual garnish.