---
title: "HPD’s 2022 Honda Civic Si Is a $55,000 Turnkey Race Car"
description: "The Honda Civic Si's motorsport legacy is about to get even grander with this new, ready-to-race version from Honda Performance Development."
date: "2022-06-15"
modified: "2022-06-15"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/hpds-2022-honda-civic-si-is-a-55000-turnkey-race-car"
categories:
  - "Honda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Civic"
  - "compact"
  - "honda"
  - "Honda Civic Si"
  - "race car"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# HPD’s 2022 Honda Civic Si Is a $55,000 Turnkey Race Car

![HPD honda civic](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15/11GEN-Si-3.jpg>)
*\<em\>Honda \</em\>*

Honda Performance Development announced Wednesday a new turnkey race car based on the redesigned [2022 Honda Civic Si](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/44360/2022-honda-civic-si-review-the-affordable-stealth-fighter>). It's a ready-to-race touring car, and it has already proven itself with a pair of race wins.

The 2022 HPD Civic Si FE1 is assembled by HPD itself, using a body-in-white (a bare unibody) diverted from the production line to the Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio, where the [Acura NSX](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/44076/2022-acura-nsx-type-s-first-drive-review-going-out-with-a-bang>) and [PMC Edition](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36635/2021-acura-rdx-pmc-edition-looks-like-mclaren-built-an-orange-crossover>) models are built. There, HPD performs a sunroof delete, and throws out weight-adding road car comforts such as soundproofing, seam sealer, insulation, and underbody coating. Instead, it installs a full roll cage, a fuel cell, and "selected" safety parts to guarantee the driver's survival should the worst happen.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15/11GEN-Si-4.jpg>)
*2022 HPD Civic Si FE1, rear three-quarter*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15/11GEN-Si-1-Copy.jpg>)
*2022 HPD Civic Si FE1, cockpit*

Then, of course, it gets to the fun stuff you look forward to using on the track. To the Civic Si's [1.5-liter L15CA turbo-four](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/43138/2022-honda-civic-si-first-drive-review-still-the-cheap-fun-champ>), HPD affixes a strengthened six-speed manual transmission, built to take the strain of track use. The engine itself runs on Motec electronics (top-of-the-line stuff), and breathes through a performance exhaust, providing momentum to carry the car through corners on enhanced suspension.

HPD doesn't say exactly what it changed, but it's evidently working as the test car has taken a pair of wins and multiple class podiums in the [TC America Series](<https://www.tcamerica.us/news/449/bmw-honda-and-subaru-racers-share-tc-america-podium>).

The HPD Civic Si will sell for $55,000, and requires a $25,000 deposit, with deliveries beginning in November. Looks like Honda wants the glory to belong to itself for the 2022 season, and you can't blame it in the slightest.

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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