The Civic Si handiest is available in sedan taste in america the place it is offered along the Sort R hatchback. What if Honda have been to mix the 2 by way of rolling out a sporty compact with the previous’s engine and the latter’s frame taste? The Civic RS offered on the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon seems to be that automotive, whole with a six-speed guide gearbox.

Even though it is formally referred to as a prototype, Honda intends to place the automobile into manufacturing later this 12 months within the Land of the Emerging Solar. The blacked-out sporty hatch has contrasting “RS” badges and twin exhaust guidelines. Possibly we will bring to mind it as a cut-price Acura Integra Sort S? It is value noting {that a} Civic RS already exists in different markets the place it is a high-end trim degree however the brand new JDM variant appears to be a sportier type, most probably slotting beneath the Sort R.

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Honda does not say which engine powers the Civic RS however it does point out the hatch has “additional refinements to the enjoyment of using.” It is unclear whether or not the remark refers to what is beneath the hood and/or the chassis, brakes, and whatnot. The 1.5-liter turbocharged mill is most probably on the center of this automotive, with a bit of luck with an Si-matching output of 200 hp.

Worst-case situation, the Civic RS is Japan’s 2024 Civic Recreation Hatchback with 158 hp, even if the automobile’s look suggests it has extra pizzazz. Possibly it is the JDM identical of the US-spec Civic Recreation Traveling with 180 hp on faucet, which we reckon nonetheless would not be sufficient to earn that RS badge. Both method, the inclusion of a six-speed guide will attraction to these no longer keen to accept the CVT.

Lovers from Japan are no doubt going to love the addition of a snatch pedal because the common Civic is handiest introduced there with the frequently variable transmission.