Honda Civic News
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Honda has announced that it will be launching the Mugen name in the US with the planned release of a limited-edition Mugen Civic Si sedan in spring next year. Mugen is a Japanese tuning house with very close ties with Honda, and has been enhancing and racing Honda vehicles since the 1970’s. Mugen was actually founded by the son of the Soichiro Honda, the man who started the Honda Motors. AutoWeek is reporting that the Mugen Civic Si package is more cosmetic than performance. The kit includes a new front spoiler with a sports grille bearing the Mugen Si emblem, side spoilers and a rear...
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Honda’s 500HP Element-D drift carHonda has created the Element-D drift car, which it has unveiled at the SEMA auto show. Based on the regular Honda crossover, the Element-D racer replaces the stock four-cylinder engine with a custom twin-turbo 3.2-liter Honda V6 mounted longitudinally and driving the rear wheels only. The...
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MUGEN prepped Honda Civic Si Sedan at SEMA
Honda revealed a prototype Civic Si Sedan enhanced by its MUGEN tuning arm at SEMA this week. The car comes equipped with a high performance suspension kit, forged aluminum wheels, aerodynamic body styling plus a cat-back sport exhaust kit. This is no hyped up concept either, the Civic MUGEN Si is...
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Honda Developing A Civic Type R Sedan
We’ve always been a little bit jealous of Honda’s UK division, who gets interesting cars such as the Civic Type-R. Now the uniquely styled hatch has spurred on a spin-off version in the form of the four-door Civic sedan, and this time round it will be sold outside of Europe. A prototype...
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Honda unveils 2007 Civic Type R
Honda’s hotted-up Civic Type R was unveiled today ahead of its release in March 2007. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Type R will not be sold in the U.S., although Honda has not put the official word out yet. The new Type R continues to be powered by the naturally-aspirated...
Ralph Hanson
