Honda Aiming to Offer 2017 Civic Type R for Under $50,000

Honda has promised to pack the new Civic Type R with as much gear as possible for a competitive price. 

Stephen Collins, the brand's Australian director, says locally-bound cars will be equipped with all available overseas options to make the model as comprehensive as possible.

"We're going to bring it in, like we do with most of our vehicles, pretty stacked with everything that's available so I wouldn't imagine we'll leave anything major sitting on the shelf," he says.

"I think we're going to take a similar approach to NSX, we're going to bring in the best version, I always call it the hamburger with the lot, and I think on that type of car that's what we're going to deliver."

Honda has already established a pattern of offering the highest available specification on its performance halo models with the recently launched NSX supercar.