The Honda Civic Sort R, by its years has historically offered the idea for a lot of an outfit to render their performance-enhancing nous, and the most recent FL5-generation automobile isn’t any exception.
Proven on the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon is the Honda Civic Sort R ARTA GT, named for the enter from the Autobacs Racing Group Aguri, a stalwart of the Tremendous GT racing collection in Japan the place the outfit races the Civic Sort R-GT within the GT500 class.
The Sort R aesthetic has at all times been assertive to start with, even in FL5 type, and the limited-run ARTA GT goes additional with aero alterations that yield improved stability at pace, and an much more aggressive look. Widened farther from the bottom automobile, the ARTA GT measures 4,635 mm lengthy, 1,955 mm broad and 1,395 mm tall.
Bodywork particular to the ARTA GT consists of the entrance bumper, entrance grille and entrance fenders, together with entrance under-spoiler and entrance canards fabricated from carbon-fibre. Alterations to the bonnet embody centre and aspect ducts.
On the rear, the fenders are two-piece items, whereas the rear half-bumper meeting, rear bumper aspect fins, rear wing and its finish plates are additionally fabricated from carbon-fibre. Wing mounts and a bootlid spoiler full the ARTA GT-specific exterior alterations, whereas the ARTA Orange paint is a value possibility.
Powertrain upgrades are comprised of an ARTA x HKS exhaust system, an ARTA x HKS intercooler equipment, a HKS ECU and sports activities turbine equipment, HKS oil cooler equipment, and a Cusco Sort-RS limited-slip differential.
Chassis upgrades embody cast 18-inch wheels by ARTA, shod in Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RZ tyres measuring 295/35R18, and a two-way adjustable spring and damper equipment by KW. Braking is by AP Racing Professional 5000R six-piston entrance brake calipers with semi-metallic pads on 365 mm two-piece rotors, whereas the rear commonplace disc and caliper set additionally get semi-metallic pads and stainless steel-braided brake traces.
The inside will get labored on as nicely, with the ARTA GT getting a pair of Recaro RSS ASM Restricted bucket seats, a quick-release Sparco steering wheel, and a steering wheel change housing emigrate capabilities from the street automobile’s commonplace multifunction unit.
The worth for this much more performance-focused Civic Sort R is 13,500,000 yen (RM346k), for the equipment together with set up and portray, on high of an ordinary FL5 Civic Sort R to start with. The worth tag gained’t be the one hurdle to possession; restricted to twenty items, construct slots for the ARTA GT shall be provided to clients through lottery.
“If attainable, we needed to strategy it with the identical mindset as constructing a GT500 machine, pushing each boundary. We aimed for one thing as daring because the GT fashions popping out of Europe,” stated ARTA founder Aguri Suzuki.
“The component we obsessed over most, each visually and functionally, was the aero package deal. Given the automobile’s potential, we refined it repeatedly to attain stability at medium and excessive speeds,” stated Japan GT racer – and Drift King – Keiichi Tsuchiya.
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