You’ll See the 2022 Honda Civic Si as a Race Car First

It'll make its racing debut at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill.
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The recently-teased Civic Type R and its GT3-style wing may be the Civic that fans are waiting for with the most anticipation, but we shouldn’t forget about the more accessible Civic Si that’s also slated for a reveal soon. In an effort to drum up hype for its in-betweener performance compact, Team Honda Research West—a race team consisting of engineers from the company—are going racing with a prepped and camouflaged 2022 Honda Civic Si.

Its first race will be the 25 Hours of Thunderhill and Honda released a brief clip of the car undergoing testing at the California racetrack. As far as we can tell, the Si won’t look drastically different from the regular Civic. Other than a pair of shinier exhaust tips and the same honeycomb front grille found on the hatch, this Civic Si’s front and rear fascias are unchanged. And because this is a race-modified car, we wouldn’t look into the wheel designs too much nor are we expecting the production Si to get the big race car wing. 

Whereas the previous-gen Si was available as a sedan or a coupe, this generation of Civic does not have a coupe variant and, at this point, likely never will. Hence, the four-door format for this imminent 2022 Civic Si. Set to unveil in full “soon,” Honda says the 11th-gen Si will be the “best-handling and most fun-to-drive Civic Si ever.”

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Chris Tsui is The Drive’s Reviews Editor. He oversees the site’s car reviews operation in addition to pitching in on industry news and writing his own evaluations of the latest rides. He lives in Toronto.