Honda Teases New Civic Type R Ahead Of July 20 Reveal

Frankly, it doesn't do much. The image doesn't become much clearer because there's nothing there to clear up. It's just pixels, not a photo of a car. Regardless, we cansee some little design touches. Like the Civic Si, there will be subtle Type R badging present on the front (and probably rear) of the car, accompanied by a revised face. That'll include larger intakes on the lower half of the car.

Now, this is somewhat speculative, but we think the Type R is sporting a wider track and fenders than the stock Civic. The proportions of the car simply appear to be wider than the base Civic. It'd certainly explain why this car is faster than the old one.

Honda's teaser video also gave us a quick look at the Type R's seats. Again, boosting the lighting doesn't do much to make things clearer. Still, the seats look promising. We've spied the car's interior before, red seats and all. Those were a known factor thanks to those spy shots for some time, but it's nice to know that trend will continue.

For now, that's really all we've got before Honda will fully debut the new Civic Type R soon, and we're expecting it to be much like the Si. It'll bring a host of small changes that add up to a much more improved and refined package, complete with a manual transmission, that we're sure to fawn over. Let's just hope the rumors aboutthe car being hyper-exclusiveare just that.