Is this the first 'official' sighting of the next Honda Civic Type R in the wild?
The above image comes from a Honda development video (for another product we can't talk about yet), and quite clearly shows a Civic hatchback with a ruddy great wing on the back. This is less previous Type R, more Mercedes Black Series, but certainly suggests a hot hatch with serious intentions.
And with the Type R targeting a new front-wheel drive Nurburgring record, we can think of few more serious goals. The same launch that brought us the video also outlined some other new technology that might just take Honda's new hot hatch over that finish line - but we can't talk about that until the embargo on the other new Honda passes on Wednesday...