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Honda Motor has announced that the European-built, 3-door, Civic Type R is being imported from Honda UK manufacturing, in Swindon to be sold alongside the current, Japan-only, 4-door Civic Type R. The new model will be called the “Civic Type R Euro†and has gone on sale on the 5th November 2009.
The decision to sell the European-built Civic in Japan follows on from introductions in Australia and South Africa earlier this year. The 3 and 5-door Civic body styles were originally conceived as Europe only models, but the combination of a 201PS i-VTEC engine, tenacious grip and radical styling has seen a flood of requests from Honda fans across the globe.
The export of the Type R model marks the second time since 2001 that the European-built Civic has been sold in the Japanese home market. Just 2,010 of these Milano Red, Alabaster Silver or Championship White machines, will be available to Honda enthusiasts in Japan.
The Swindon factory that produces the Type R also produces the rest of the Civic 3 and 5-door range as well as the CR-V SUV. This autumn, the state of the art factory commenced production of the popular Jazz model to cope with increased demand from European markets.