A carbon-pattern front splitter leads the way, underscoring gaping black panels punched into the fascia and featuring fog lights. Air intakes flank these, and the Civic Type R is equipped with LED headlights, a hood scoop, and fender vents.

At the trailing edge of the roof, vortex generators smooth airflow to make the enormous rear wing more effective, and the Type R’s triple-outlet center-exit exhaust punctuates the car’s busily detailed butt.