Honda has celebrated its first year of production of the FK8 Civic Type R by creating a concept for a ute variant.
Claimed to be the fastest front-wheel drive pick-up money can buy, the fast Honda ute concept is said to be the work of a team of engineers based at the car-maker's British manufacturing facility in Swindon.
Developed under the codename Project P, the Civic Type R ute manages to retain the production car's huge rear wing, although in its pick-up application the large aerodynamic aid is moveable -- allowing easier access to the load bay which, incidentally, has been designed to accommodate a pair of lawnmowers.
Under the bonnet, the fifth-gen Civic Type R's 228kW/400Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol four carries over completely unchanged.
Thus Honda claims that against the clock, the small ute can hit 100km/h in less than six seconds and top out at 266km/h.
To help continue the celebrations, the Japanese car-maker says it is considering taking its concept to the Nurburgring to set a new lap record for the fastest front-wheel drive ute.
Sadly, Honda says it has no plans to push the Civic Type R ute into production.