Honda Is Ready To Take This Awesome Civic Type R Racing

The Civic Type R when it’s angry.

In most quarters, the new Civic Type R from Honda is a pretty exciting car. It’s got more aggressive looks than the standard Civic, finely-tuned performance gains and even a hefty rear wing. But if you look at that car and wish for more, then Honda’s new race car might appeal to you.

Called the Civic Type R-GT, the new racer takes the Civic and adds a whole lot more of everything. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to spot the original Civic hiding under all the new carbon fiber, aerodynamic tweaks and race-ready modifications that Honda has made to this car.

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Developed by Honda Racing Corporation, the new racer has been built for the Super GT series in Japan, which Honda currently competes in with a modified NSX racer. However, that car will retire from racing duties at the end of this year, when it will be succeeded by the Civic Type R-GT.

Spot the bits that are the same as the road car, I’ll wait.