<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/honda-civic-type-r-spy-shots/"><img alt="Honda Civic Type R Spy Shot" data-credit="KGP Spy Photography" data-mep="255789" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1190x799+10+0/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ab8a53a3c898ef151b2ddc285dc643e3/200111640/Honda-Civic-Type-R-Spy-Shot-002.jpg" /></a><br />
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Honda's upcoming <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+type+r/">Civic Type R </a>is one of our most anticipated models of the next year - and we probably won't even get it in North America. And yet, each time we see it, the five-door just seems so menacing and purposeful. An all-but-undisguised version has just been spotted by our photographers testing on the back roads in Germany. If this signals what to expect, then the project appears to be coming along nicely.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/04/honda-civic-type-r-concept-video-geneva-2014/">Compared to the concept</a> shown at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a>, this prototype looks even meaner. Check out those big, blistered front fender extensions, taller wing, deeply sculpted front air dam and 10-spoke gold wheels. The Type R certainly certainly isn't hiding its performance intentions, and it has no reason to. Under the hood, we know it packs Honda's new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder pumping out 276 horsepower, which is likely connected to a six-speed manual.<br />
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Now, if only <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> could find some way to get this machine across The Pond and into the our hot little ands. There <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/10/bring-honda-civic-type-r-to-america-online-petition/">has already been an online petition</a> begging the Japanese automaker to find a way, and after <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/02/2015-honda-civic-type-r-prototype/">recently enjoying an all-too-brief prototype drive</a>, we're ready to sign up.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/13/honda-civic-type-r-undisguised-spy-shots/">Honda Civic Type R caught naked and frisky</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 13 May 2014 19:15:00 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/2014/05/13/honda-civic-type-r-undisguised-spy-shots/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20885108/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/13/honda-civic-type-r-undisguised-spy-shots/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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