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Honda UK builds a hot hatch bakkie

If you’re interested in all things motoring, you must have heard about the new Honda Civic Type R…

Honda UK builds a hot hatch bakkie
Honda UK builds a hot hatch bakkie — photographed for Leisure Wheels

If you’re interested in all things motoring, you must have heard about the new Honda Civic Type R…

Normally we wouldn’t cover a hyperhatch, but a few engineers at Honda’s Swindon factory created a Type R bakkie concept. Nope, that’s not a typo. Think of it as the modern interpretation of the Lumina SS Ute.

It gets to 100km/h in less than six seconds and has a top speed of 265km/h.

Honda stated that it has no plans to put it into production, but that it might come in handy over weekend when they have to carry some stuff around.

It never felt like it was working hard, and after 2 400 kilometres, neither did I.

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