mugen cars?!?
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mugen cars?!?
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From what I understand the Mugen header is made by another Japanese company and then Mugen slaps their badge on em. I ran across a header for less than half the price of the Mugen that looked exactly the same, right down to the welds. Ill try and post the link up before the night is up.
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not true. Well atleast not engineering. Mugen makes their own stuff. Also, Honda is not mugen (for those of you who run around with "Powered by Mugen" on your cars without any of their parts. Mugen is run by Honda's son (or was it grand son i forget now)... it's a really close partnership, and i've read mugen is going to start making their own cars soon.. true or not, not a clue, but i could see it happening.
does any1 know if this is true or is this just a rumor. also if it is true, does any1 know when they will begin to sell the cars.
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From what I understand the Mugen header is made by another Japanese company and then Mugen slaps their badge on em. I ran across a header for less than half the price of the Mugen that looked exactly the same, right down to the welds. Ill try and post the link up before the night is up.
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not true. Well atleast not engineering. Mugen makes their own stuff. Also, Honda is not mugen (for those of you who run around with "Powered by Mugen" on your cars without any of their parts. Mugen is run by Honda's son (or was it grand son i forget now)... it's a really close partnership, and i've read mugen is going to start making their own cars soon.. true or not, not a clue, but i could see it happening.
does any1 know if this is true or is this just a rumor. also if it is true, does any1 know when they will begin to sell the cars.
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Re: mugen cars?!? (XtremeSpeed)
Don't get your hopes up... from what I've read they won't be your normal every day cars.. instead of partnering with honda on cart and what not, they are going to do their own, and possibly a production car.. my guess is inline with the status of farrari and mclaren. who knows though!
The future of Mugen
As objectives for the future, Hirotoshi Honda gives the examples of Cosworth and AMG. In other words, to support the motorsports industry steadily and to sell a complete car under its own brand to general consumers from a stance different of that of a large automobile manufacturer. “In the past my dream was to build an original sports car. I haven’t thrown that dream out - I still hope to achieve it some day,” says Honda. But he complains that there are too many meaningless restrictions in Japan today. “Many of today’s laws were established with the aim of facilitating bureaucracy. That is why I think young people especially should speak out against them.” He continues with a suggestion for manufacturers. “Today consumers have more flexible values and can accept a wider variety of products than designers at manufacturers. As long as cars have a firm basic structure, it should be possible to reflect the personal tastes of users in their stylings.”
[Modified by rjr162, 10:10 PM 12/9/2002]
The future of Mugen
As objectives for the future, Hirotoshi Honda gives the examples of Cosworth and AMG. In other words, to support the motorsports industry steadily and to sell a complete car under its own brand to general consumers from a stance different of that of a large automobile manufacturer. “In the past my dream was to build an original sports car. I haven’t thrown that dream out - I still hope to achieve it some day,” says Honda. But he complains that there are too many meaningless restrictions in Japan today. “Many of today’s laws were established with the aim of facilitating bureaucracy. That is why I think young people especially should speak out against them.” He continues with a suggestion for manufacturers. “Today consumers have more flexible values and can accept a wider variety of products than designers at manufacturers. As long as cars have a firm basic structure, it should be possible to reflect the personal tastes of users in their stylings.”
[Modified by rjr162, 10:10 PM 12/9/2002]
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