I went to the local HONDA dealer to see if there is any info on a type "R" with a DCT for 2022/23.
They don't know anything, they said the company doesn't even tell them what's up.
They had two type "R" CIVICs in stock on the showroom floor a yellow "limited"edition and a white "standard" type "R".
Get this, the yellow one had a $40k markup!
The white one had a $10k markup.
I want one, but not that badly.
The reason for this is that all 2021 Civic Type R models were built in Swindon, England - nowhere else not even Japan.
That factory closed for good at the end of July this year, so there are no more R models being built of this generation of Civic.
Hence dealers with stock of these truly limited edition models are able to ask quite a premium for such an in-demand commodity.
This will all change with the next generation car which is being made in the USA.
Those yellow models are selling for double what was paid new, as used cars over in the UK, at just a few months old…