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2021 Honda Fit Type R Rendering Has Silly Wing, Will Never Happen

Honda makes a lot of good cars, from really practical minivans to sporty mid-sized sedans. However, there's only one really awesome Honda right now, and that's the Civic Type R.
2021 Honda Fit Type R Rendering Has Silly Wing, Will Never Happen 4 photos
Photo: Aksyonov Nikita
2021 Honda Fit Type R Rendering Has Silly Wing, Will Never Happen2021 Honda Fit Type R Rendering Has Silly Wing, Will Never Happen2021 Honda Fit Type R Rendering Has Silly Wing, Will Never Happen
For America, this came out of nowhere, bursting onto the scene like a nuclear bomb, as Honda went from offering nothing in this segment to its first 2.0-liter turbo in a car that's the most powerful, track-focused hatchback. Everybody imagines that the engineers who made that happen will give us another huge surprise, which is just not the case.

In recent interviews, company officials have stated that no other car will get the Type R badge. That means millionaires won't be able to buy an NSX Type R. Boohoo! Also, the smaller Fit hatchback will never race a Ford Fiesta ST.

The technology is clearly there; Honda has had the 1.5-liter turbo engine for several years and could easily drop a 200 horsepower version under the hood of the Fit. However, that probably wouldn't be very smart.

While other small cars, like the Fiesta or MINI Cooper, are widely recognizable all over the world, the Fit only seems to work in Japan and the surrounding parts of Asia. It's more of a versatile family car over there, not a city car, plus it's never been that interesting to drive.

Still, it's always fun to see the features of the Civic Type R on other cars. In this case, the rendering by Aksyonov Nikita uses the features from the facelifted 2021 version of the hot hatch.

The most attention-grabbing element for us is not the wing, but this paint color. It's called Boost Blue and looks the business. On top of that, you have a full body kit, including a set of wide fenders, the obligatory fake air intakes at the front and back, plus rockers and a spoiler. Sports suspension and black alloys with red piping tie everything together.

By the way, if you're looking for a car that feels small but fast and isn't a MINI, we'd recommend the Veloster N. It's also blue, though a different shade, while the price is about $8,000 cheaper if not more. They're practically giving it away for free.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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