Find Honda’s 2020 Civic Type R Over The Top? Enter The Sport Line That Tames The Edgy Styling

The 2020 Honda Civic Type R family continues to grow in Europe with the introduction of the new Type R Sport Line and the Type R Limited Edition, also available in the United States.

Whereas the new Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition has been billed as the “ultimate track-focus Type R,” the Civic Type R Sport Line adopts a more restrained design that could be perfect for those who think the standard model is a little over-the-top.

The most notable styling difference between the Civic Type R Sport Line and all others is the removal of the hot hatch’s towering rear wing. Sitting in its place is a much smaller spoiler and one that appears even more subtle than the wing of the Civic Si. Some other changes have been made to the car also.

For example, the Civic Type R Sport Line includes exclusive dark grey 19-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires with a softer sidewall to improve comfort and improve the noise, vibration, and harshness characteristics. Inside, there are black bucket seats with red stitching and a new tear-drop style gear knob. Also found within is an Alcantara steering wheel and a host of red stitching.

Exclusive LogR performance app for the Type R

Complementing the arrival of the Civic Type R Sport Line in Europe is a new performance datalogger for the U.S. and European markets. Dubbed Honda LogR, the datalogger combines the car’s onboard computers and sensors with a smartphone app that helps to record a number of performance parameters. Key information will be displayed on the car’s 7-inch infotainment screen when the car is moving while additional information will be available through the app when the phone is unplugged.

Included among the measurements taken by the datalogger are a G-meter and a graph that displays the Type R’s pitch, roll, and yaw. There is also a Log Mode that aims to improve driver’s lap times by displaying a color-coded trace of each lap with green, yellow, and red colors indicating various stages of progression. Log Mode aims to encourage “smooth use of the clutch, shifter, steering, brakes, and accelerator.”