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03-04-2014, 03:02 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/" rel="tag">Concept Cars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/" rel="tag">Geneva Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="/2014/03/03/watch-jay-leno-bounce-dakar-mini-all4racing-video/#continued"><img alt="Honda Civic Type R" data-credit="Honda" data-mep="154437" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/959x477+0+0/resize/628x312!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/e57f28043aafae64dbd193d15cfbb17d/2014-Honda-Civic-Type-R-7.jpg" /></a><br />
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We've <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/12/honda-civic-type-r-concept-geneva/">seen it teased</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/02/2015-honda-civic-type-r-prototype/">caught it testing</a>, hell, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/02/2015-honda-civic-type-r-prototype/">we've even driven the thing</a>, but until just now, we hadn't been privy to the visual drama that is the all-new Honda <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+type+r/">Civic Type R</a> Concept. Thankfully, the day before the start of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> is about as leaky as Robert Redford's sailboat.<br />
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We'll get the full details tomorrow - which may even include a discourse on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda's</a> 2.0-liter turbocharged engine that will make upwards of 280 horsepower and propel the car to Nürburgring-record-braking velocities. After all, the "Concept" portion of most Honda concept cars is generally lip-service only.<br />
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In fact, save for those blacked out windows and, perhaps, a couple millimeters of ride height and those extra-aggro wheels, we pretty much expect the production Type R to look like the beast you see here. Certainly the swooping form and 'roided wheel arches suit the boy-racer persona of the Civic very well; we wouldn't even put it past Honda's funky European arm to sell the final product with some version of that bi-plane wing.<br />
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Here's hoping.<br />
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At any rate, we'll only have to wait another day or so before the Civic Type R Concept is revealed in full, and in the metal. Stay tuned to our <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva</a> coverage so you don't miss the (leaky) boat.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/">Honda Civic Type R Concept hits the ground running ahead of Geneva debut</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20841974/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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We've <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/12/honda-civic-type-r-concept-geneva/">seen it teased</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/02/2015-honda-civic-type-r-prototype/">caught it testing</a>, hell, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/02/2015-honda-civic-type-r-prototype/">we've even driven the thing</a>, but until just now, we hadn't been privy to the visual drama that is the all-new Honda <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+type+r/">Civic Type R</a> Concept. Thankfully, the day before the start of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> is about as leaky as Robert Redford's sailboat.<br />
<br />
We'll get the full details tomorrow - which may even include a discourse on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda's</a> 2.0-liter turbocharged engine that will make upwards of 280 horsepower and propel the car to Nürburgring-record-braking velocities. After all, the "Concept" portion of most Honda concept cars is generally lip-service only.<br />
<br />
In fact, save for those blacked out windows and, perhaps, a couple millimeters of ride height and those extra-aggro wheels, we pretty much expect the production Type R to look like the beast you see here. Certainly the swooping form and 'roided wheel arches suit the boy-racer persona of the Civic very well; we wouldn't even put it past Honda's funky European arm to sell the final product with some version of that bi-plane wing.<br />
<br />
Here's hoping.<br />
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At any rate, we'll only have to wait another day or so before the Civic Type R Concept is revealed in full, and in the metal. Stay tuned to our <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva</a> coverage so you don't miss the (leaky) boat.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/">Honda Civic Type R Concept hits the ground running ahead of Geneva debut</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20841974/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/03/honda-civic-type-r-concept-leaked-geneva/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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