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Another 500 examples of the Honda Civic Type R hot hatch have been secured for Australia, in an attempt to cut wait times that have blown out to two years.
Waiting times for the Honda Civic Type R in Australia could soon come down after an additional 500 examples of the highly sought-after hot hatch were secured to ease the two-year backlog of orders.
Honda Australia is believed to have secured the stock boost from head office in Japan.
Some dealers have already advised customers they could soon be moved up the queue – according to a post and multiple users on the FL5 Civic Type R Australia group on Facebook.
The extra 500 cars – expected in showrooms from later this year – is a significant expansion on the estimated 600 to 700 cars initially earmarked for Australia in 2023, as previously reported by Drive.
Customers have reportedly been advised of reductions in wait times of about six months.
Honda Australia’s website continues to list estimated wait times for new orders of “24 months” – two years – even though local deliveries have only been underway since this February.
Drive exclusively reported in January the first 12 months of Honda Civic Type R stock – as allocated when orders opened on 1 December 2022 – was spoken for in the first 24 hours.
Wait times stood at an estimated 18 months at the end of last year – with dealers advising early to mid 2024 delivery – but blew out to 20 months by the end of January, and two years by mid-February.
It is despite a price tag for the new model $12,000 higher than the outgoing Civic Type R, now at $72,600 drive-away – up from $54,990 plus on-road costs, or closer to $60,000 drive-away for the last examples of the outgoing version.
For Drive’s earlier coverage on Honda Civic Type R wait times, click the links below.
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