2015 Honda Civic Type R previewed ahead of Geneva

Honda is trumpeting the arrival of a new Honda Civic Type R at the Geneva Motor Show with a design sketch of the Type R Concept.

The next Honda Civic Type R isn’t due to arrive until 2015, but Honda are taking a Type R Concept to the Geneva Motor Show next month and are previewing that with a design sketch of the new Type R (above).

The Type R at Geneva will be a concept – and as such subject to some slightly OTT elements – but if the production Type R is anywhere near as dramatic as this concept it will look more like a track car set loose on the streets than a road car.

A comically big back wing blends in to the Type R’s rear lights, the Type R’s wide track is incorporated with huge wheelarches, there’s a big diffuser in the back bumper and two sets of twin exhaust tail pipes.

Honda aren’t letting on what is powering the next Type R (at least not until Geneva), but we do know it will be a new 2.0 litre turbo petrol – which will change the Type R’s charcter significantly – expected to deliver as much as 300bhp and be good for a sub-6 second 0-62mph.

We’ll no doubt get more on the 2015 Honda Civic Type R at Geneva.