New Honda Civic Type R euro built
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"Of course we would love to be able to get it, but it is early days," says Honda Australia spokesman Gareth Rees.
"We have to make a business case for the car and that will most likely happen over the next six months or so.
"One of the unknowns is how much the car will cost. It will be the first Type R car to be built in Europe rather than Japan and that could make it simply too expensive."
Based on the Civic Type R concept unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March and confirmed for production just last week, the three-door Type R will be built alongside the five-door hatch at Honda's Swindon plant.
It will be displayed for the first time at next week's Paris Motor Show.
The Type R will be powered by a free-spinning i-VTEC DOHC 2.0-litre inline four-cylinder putting out 150kW of power.
Honda claims the new Type R will put the sprint to 100km/h behind in 6.6 seconds and on to a top speed of about 235km/h.
The car is also claimed to be more refined and flexible and offers a stiffer chassis than the outgoing Type R.
It will have a suspension package and steering system unique in the Civic range.
The Type R will feature many of the bodykit features from the original concept car with a deep front spoiler, larger air intake, triangular fog-lights and a black honeycomb mesh grille.
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