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2020 Honda Civic Type R: A little goes a long way

One of our favorite hot hatches gets a few meaningful improvements at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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The Honda Civic Type R gets a few updates for the 2020 model year.

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Not the least of which is this striking color, called boost blue.

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The Type R's excellent wheels carry over.

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Power still comes from a 2.0-liter turbocharged I4 engine with 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque.

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A six-speed manual transmission is the only one offered, thank goodness.

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The rear bumper gets small tweaks that bring the Type R in line with the rest of the 2020 Civic range.

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The Type R still has that big ol' wing on the back.

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The Honda Sensing suite of safety systems is also standard.

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The 2020 Civic Type R officially debuts at the Chicago Auto Show.

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Keep scrolling for more photos of this fast Civic.

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