---
title: "First 2017 Honda Civic Type R Being Auctioned Off to Benefit Kids With Cancer"
description: "Bidding has already begun on Bring a Trailer."
date: "2017-06-07"
modified: "2017-06-07"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11257/first-2017-honda-civic-type-r-being-auctioned-off-to-benefit-kids-with-cancer"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Charity"
  - "Civic"
  - "compact"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "honda"
  - "sports car"
  - "Type R"
---

# First 2017 Honda Civic Type R Being Auctioned Off to Benefit Kids With Cancer

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A good car for a good cause. The first 2017 Honda Civic Type R, VIN number 01, is being auctioned off on *Bring a Trailer*—and once sold, Honda will donate the cash raised from the hot hatch's sale to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, to help kids afflicted with cancer.

The 306-horsepower, front-wheel-drive sports machine went up on the enthusiast-beloved auction site Wednesday. At the time of this writing, the listing has seven bids, and is [currently sitting at $35,000.](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2017-honda-civic-type-r-for-charity/>)

["The Civic Type R](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/10670/how-much-faster-is-the-2017-civic-type-r-than-a-15-year-old-altezza>) has long been forbidden fruit for enthusiasts in the U.S., so we thought it would be fun to offer one lucky customer a shot at owning the first of its kind in America while benefitting the leading nonprofit solely dedicated to finding a cure for childhood brain tumors, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation," senior vice president of American Honda Autos, Jeff Conrad, said in a press release.

The example being auctioned off is painted in Honda's Aegean Blue Metallic—basically, [Subaru's World Rally Blue](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9286/this-2004-subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-has-just-6000-miles>), but in [Honda](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10184/2017-honda-civic-type-r-gets-25-mpg-combined-according-to-the-epa>) world. To us, it looks pretty damn stunning.

The auction ends on [June 15th](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2017-honda-civic-type-r-for-charity/>), so get your bid in now.

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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