Honda is out to dominate the GT500 class from the word go.”With our constant desire for victory, we will strive to win the championship from the very first year, so please keep your expectations high for the permeance the Civic Type R-GT will demonstrate in the coming years,” said the President of HRC, Koji Watanabe.
Racing fans familiar with the GT500 category and the greater Super GT series may be surprised to see Honda has chosen the relatively humble Type R as the foundation of its latest race car. This role was previously filled by the automaker’s since-discontinued supercar, the NSX, which was sold in America under the Acura brand.
While a Civic will never be as cool as a mid-engined supercar, the Type R-GT shares several similarities to its predecessor. The road-legal version of the NSX was powered by an electrified 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6, which produces 602 horsepower in Type S guise.
