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

[Alpine]

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...25717F00072846

"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