MUGEN EURO, Mugen’s UK-based subsidiary, has confirmed reports that it is developing a one-off highly-tuned Civic Type R ‘Mugen’ hot hatch to assess public reaction in UK and European markets.

Work is currently underway on the car in Japan, after which it will be transported to the UK for testing and further performance development.

Using the same [...]

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FOR MANY HONDA FANS, Mugen is the one company that’s capable of extracting the best from Honda’s hi-po models.

Responsible for many factory-modified creations (and more than a few impressive concept cars), Mugen has by-and-large kept its most desirable vehicles restricted to the Japanese market.

While Mugen tuning parts are available for order across much of the [...]

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Let’s face it, of all the new car releases of late, perhaps the least sporty of them all would have to be the 2010 Honda Insight.

With a grand total of 75kW trickling out of its petrol/electric hybrid drivetrain and an excitement-sapping CVT transmission calling the shots, you can’t really describe the Insight as being “pulse-racingly [...]

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Honda’s own factory-backed tuning company Mugen has downed a six-pack of energy drink, injected itself with equine growth hormone and delivered three diamond-hard and tungsten-tough concepts to TAS09. While Honda’s own contingent to this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon may have come off as a bit… limp wristed, the same most definitely can’t be said of [...]

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While the 2009 Honda Odyssey sure is a damn sight better looking than the car it replaces, Honda’s in-house tuning company Mugen has decided that there’s still room for improvement, and has released its own line of aftermarket bodyparts and performance tweaks for the stylish people carrier.

On offer to the Japanese public only (or available [...]

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Mugen is to Honda, as HSV is to Holden, or AMG is to Mercedes. Mugen have recently been hard at work creating 300 fine examples of their Honda Civic Mugen RR based on the Japanese Civic Type R sedan.

Engineered to be the best FF (front engine front wheel drive) car in the business Mugen [...]

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Honda has today released official pictures and specifications of the new Accord Coupe due to be released in the US within the next few months. Pictures of the new Accord Coupe testing in the states have been circulating the net since the concept version was uncovered earlier this year.

The new Accord coupe will be [...]

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