Breaking: Honda Confirms New Civic Type R, Jazz / Fit Based Small SUV and Sports Roadster
There's a whole lot of news - but unfortunately, no pictures, coming out today from Honda's headquarters in Japan where the company's CEO Takanobu Ito outlined the product, technology and business developments through 2015. We are going to start with the new Honda Civic Type R sports hatchback based on the European market model that is currently undergoing development for an introduction in 2015.
Honda said that this model is designed specifically for the European market, though we could see it being exported to Japan at some point. More importantly, the Japanese carmaker's CEO stated that the Type R is being developed "with the goal of becoming the fastest front-wheel-drive vehicle on the Nürburgring race course".
On
a more global note, Ito said that Honda will roll out an all-new
replacement for the Fit, also known as the Jazz in Europe, in 2013.
Within two years after the initial market presentation, the Japanese
