- Honda is building 40 Ultimate Edition Civic Type Rs for sale across Europe.
- Each is Championship White with red decals, carbon details, and a gift box.
- The R was killed off by the same GSR2 regs that snuffed out Toyota’s GR86.
The pedal-to-the-metal party is over for European fans of Honda’s Civic Type R. The critically acclaimed hot hatch is being dropped in the region because it doesn’t meet strict Euro regulations, but Honda is at least sending it off on style.
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Just 40 examples of the Civic Type R Ultimate Edition will be available across Europe ahead of the entire R line being withdrawn in 2026. Each car comes painted in Honda’s signature Championship White and wearing red stripes across the hood and along the bottom of the doors that match the R-specific color of the famous H badge.
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More color contrast comes in the form of a painted black roof and various carbon items, including the rear wing. Opening the front doors reveals Type R logo puddle lights, a carbon sill trim and yet more composite on the console. Ultimate Edition buyers are also treated to additional lighting that picks out the door lining, cup holder, footwell and underseat areas, not that any of that sounds like the kind of thing Type R fans care about.
But they might like the gift box each comes with containing a numbered emblem to show which of the 40 cars theirs is, plus a carbon key ring. Honda is also throwing in a set of custom floor mats and a car cover, which could be handy if any buyers are thinking of mothballing their car as an investment.
Not that this is the end of the road for the Civic Type R. The model will live on in the US and Japan, and we expect it’ll return to Europe – provided the Civic isn’t replaced by a crossover. The CTR is being withdrawn in the region because it doesn’t meet new GSR2 legislation that mandates the fitment of driver monitoring technology. The same regs also forced Toyota Europe to stop importing the GR86 and Porsche to withdraw the combustion 718s.
Honda hasn’t revealed prices for the Ultimate Edition, though it will inevitably cost more than the regular Type R, which currently costs £51,905 in the UK and €58,900 in Germany.
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