Honda Australia builds business case for a UK-sourced three-door Civic Type-R

[Alpine]

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/45F580FEE33BC6A8CA25717F00072846

"150kW 2.0-litre i-VTEC four-cylinder, high-performance brakes, big alloy wheels and none-to-subtle body adornments"

I like the sound of this!!!! Hope it all works out.

[jamchen]

hope it will come eventually... but i guess even they sucessfully get them here... it would like the evo 6.5 which was like 79,990 brand new comparing to the evo 8 that is 56,789....
but it wil give the XR5 a good run i reckon

[j3z3z]

if they manage to be able to build them out of thailand they will be on free trade that would bring them in at around 35k-40k

[panda[cRx]]

^ won't be 40k, i think 30-35k is more realistic.

something like 31-32 + on road costs and accesories is my guess

[JaCe]

I think the coolness look of the UK model has worn off a bit... it was a big shock at first; but now I'm used to it. That being said, if I had the money later on, I'd probably consider it because I really love the Civic; and the Euro Hatch is still hot!

[aaronng]

I think Thailand is only fitted to build the 06 sedan Civics. I don't think they have the tooling set up for the UK civic. Also, they would have to start a new supply line of 150kW K20A/Z engines to Thailand.

I do hope it lands for 31-32k. It shouldn't pinch into Civic Sport sales because the Type R would be manual only.

[**Ghost**]

for the sake of brand differentiation, I'd call it the CRX and sell it here in replacement of the Integra...

[genesis]

']^ won't be 40k, i think 30-35k is more realistic.

something like 31-32 + on road costs and accesories is my guess
if you re-read the article, you will see that the author was suggesting that price range for a standard 3-door civic built in thailand. The civic type-R would never be that cheap over here, as it costs 20,000 quid in the uk.

I would guestimate a price of 45k-50k for UK built civic type-r here in aust

[|N|]

either way i would still love to see them on the road in aust

[FloodSim]

Honda believes it would have to sell around 500 hatches a month to make a viable business case

Does that mean they'd have to sell 500 Type-R's here a month to make it viable?
That sounds very optimistic to me.

[aaronng]

if you re-read the article, you will see that the author was suggesting that price range for a standard 3-door civic built in thailand. The civic type-R would never be that cheap over here, as it costs 20,000 quid in the uk.

I would guestimate a price of 45k-50k for UK built civic type-r here in aust
Don't confuse RRP with cost price.The Civic Sport Auto is $31,990 so 10% above that would be $35,200-ish before on-roads.

[marcus]

hope it lands even cheaper <30k

[panda[cRx]]

if you re-read the article, you will see that the author was suggesting that price range for a standard 3-door civic built in thailand. The civic type-R would never be that cheap over here, as it costs 20,000 quid in the uk.

I would guestimate a price of 45k-50k for UK built civic type-r here in aust
well if you read MY POST you will see i was refering to the statement above mine :wave:

there is no way in hell a standard thai made hatchback will sell for more than 35k here.
and yes if we did import the R's from the UK the price would be ridiculously high. i work at a dealer and have been on the dealer principals back about it before the car was even released :)

[j3z3z]

hope the thai factory starts making the shit oh yeah australias ultimate hot hatch will be back

[JaCe]

Yeh UK wages are supposed to be high aren't they? But yeh... thank you FTA with countries with cheap labour :D

[Kawasaki]

Honda has to have something to fit into the booming hot hatch market in Australia, lets just hope it happens this time

[sendok]

too bad australia will not make it.. i asked honda australia before.. is it true or not guyz?

[EK9]

available for import now?

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45779

[missymoo]

Can't see them selling 500 a month, my old car was an Astra Turbo and they sold 500 in 18 months. Less competition back then, and although the hot hatch market will boom this year, by the time they release the car (even if they do), it will have to compete against the Mazda 3 MPS, VW Golf GTi, Ford Focus XR5 and HSV Astra VXR. Of course the Civic will be better, but too many people will get caught up in the Ford/Holden hype. If they bring the Civic here for around $40k though, I'd be very tempted.