Honda UK surprised a few people when it sent out a press release of this Civic Type-R Pickup Truck concept, or bakkie as we know it, and weeks after April Fool’s day.

Project P

The Honda bakkie was built by a specialist team from the product engineering department in Swindon. Codenamed ‘Project P’, the Civic Type R Pickup Truck has been modified and developed from the standard road car.

As you can see the cabin ahead of the B-pillars remains intact, while everything rearward of that point has been remodeled. There is a usable flatbed loading area in the centre of the car where the rear seats and boot space would normally be.

Check out this interesting all-wheel drive Civic Type-R.

Winging it

The concept vehicle retains the massive rear wing associated with the two most recent Civic Type R models, though it is movable to allow direct access to the rear load-bay.

As it uses the same turbocharged powertrain, suspension and gearbox as the standard road car, it is estimated Project P will complete the 0-100 km/h sprint in under six seconds and reach a top speed of over 265 km/h.

’Ring record?

Alyn James, project lead, commented: “We have a special projects division at the factory in Swindon and this project was a fantastic opportunity for the team to show just what their creative minds could do. The passion that our engineers have for Honda is shown in our latest creation and we are even considering taking it to the Nurburgring to see if we can take the record for the fastest front wheel drive pickup truck!”

The press release ends: There are no plans to put this in to production but we will be using it to transport our lawn and garden products as and when required.