Tag Archives: mugen

Mugen celebrates 50th anniversary with Casio watch

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Steve Chang

In 1973 Mugen was founded to build race and aftermarket parts for Honda motorcycles and cars. Its racing engines, composites, and tuning parts have powered everything from Formula 1 cars to hooptie Civics over the decades. This year marks its … Continue reading →

Posted in Aftermarket | Tagged honda, mugen, watches | 1 Comment

2019 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 06 — Awesome 80s

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Dan Hsu

The 80s were a pivotal time in Japan’s automotive history, and the JCCS did not disappoint with a of turbocharged, retractable-headlight, angular-bodied machines.

Posted in events | Tagged 200sx, 300zx, 910, a60, accord, Accord 3g, ae86, aw11, b310, camry, celica, civic, Civic EA, Civic EF, corolla, corolla levin, cressida, crx, datsun, fc3s, honda, Integra g1, japanese classic car show, kp61, maxima, mazda, mr2, mugen, nissan, Pandem, racing beat, s110, s12, sprinter trueno, starlet, sunny, toyota, V20, x70, z31 | 5 Comments

Sam Mitani put Tuner Era dream machines into the mainstream

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Ben Hsu

If you grew up in the pre-internet age, “buff books” like Road & Track were your bible. Magazines of its ilk were the only reliable sources of automotive news, but they were mostly concerned about cars that came fresh off … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged accord, fc3s, fd3s, greddy, Hakone Turnpike, hks, honda, integra, M2, M2 1028, mazda, miata, mitsuoka, mugen, mx-5, nissan, r32, re amemiya, rx-7, Sam Mitani, skyline, supra, The Prototype, tokyo auto salon, toyota, Veilside | 4 Comments

VIDEO: How to pronounce Japanese carmaker names properly

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Ben Hsu

A couple of years ago we were at a dinner with several journalists and a Mazda executive. At the other end of the table, a debate broke out about whether the proper pronunciation of the Hiroshima carmaker was the standard issue “MAHZ-dah” or the Australian-accented “MAAZZ-dah.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning Japanese | Tagged datsun, honda, lexus, mazda, mitsubishi, mugen, nissan, subaru, toyota | 7 Comments

EVENTS: 2017 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05 — 80s & 90s

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Ben Hsu

This year the JCCS Street Neo Classics show was put on hiatus because its venue, an area of the Toyota USA campus, is no longer available. If you’ve been following the news the company’s move to Texas is underway, so soon the long-standing Torrance … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 300zx, acura, civic, corolla, cressida, crx, Da, e80, e90, ea, ef, fc3s, Galant VR-4, honda, integra, Integra 1G, mazda, miata, mitsubishi, mugen, mx-5, N12, nissan, pulsar, rx-7, starion, toyota, x80, z31 | 5 Comments

25 YEAR CLUB: 5th-Generation “EG” Honda Civic

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Ryan Senensky

As Honda gets ready to unleash a new generation of high-performance Civics — including the long-awaited Type R — upon us, it is only appropriate that the car that propelled the 90s tuner movement into mainstream America finally join the 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in 25 Year Club | Tagged civic, Civic EG, Civic Ferio, del Sol, drag racing, honda, jtcc, mugen | 31 Comments

KIDNEY, ANYONE? The finest replica of a Mugen CRX SCCA GT4 race car is in France

Posted on March 3, 2016 by David Lovett

In the early 1980s, Honda wanted to show the appeal of its high-performance vehicles to American enthusiasts. It set about building a racing car with the help of its tuning and racing division, Mugen, to compete in the SCCA GT-4 … Continue reading →

Posted in for sale | Tagged crx, honda, kidney anyone, mugen, scca | 8 Comments

JNC‘s top stories of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Ben Hsu

As we mentioned, 2014 was the Year of the JNC. As it draws to a close, let’s look back at the things that most interested JNCers over the last 365 days.

Posted in jnc | Tagged 2000gt, American Honda Collection, bosozoku, c10, c110, city, cr-x, Hakosuka, honda, infiniti, japanese classic car show, jnc, kenmeri, land cruiser, land cruiser 70, legacy, lexus, ls400, mazda, miata, monterey historics, mugen, mx-5, na, ND, nissan, Nostalgic2Days, Q45, r32, sema, skyline, subaru, toyota | 1 Comment

GALLERIES: The American Honda Collection, Part 01 – Small Beginnings

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Ben Hsu

Soichiro Honda was born on November 17, 1906 in a small Shizuoka Prefecture village. If you had told his parents, a blacksmith and a weaver, that one day their son would put the family name on a worldwide automotive empire responsible for some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Galleries, museums | Tagged American Honda Collection, civic, crx, ef, honda, mugen, prelude, s2000 | 25 Comments

PROFILES: Sid Chiang’s 1986 Mugen Honda CRX Si

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Guest Writer

Sid Chiang is a long-time veteran of the automotive design world. He’s held positions at GM, where he worked on cars like as the C7 and Camaro, and before that Ford, where he was lead exterior designer on the ST44 Probe and Ford GT. Prior … Continue reading →

Posted in profiles | Tagged crx, honda, mugen | 21 Comments

BACK ROADS: Remebering the Honda City

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Dave Yuan

As long-time Honda enthusiasts, it is hard nowadays not to marvel at the many creative and awesome machines that bore the iconic “H” during the 1980s. One of our favorites from those days is the Honda City. An unassuming econobox … Continue reading →

Posted in Back Roads | Tagged city, Hirotoshi Honda, honda, motocompo, mugen, n-one | 15 Comments

EVENTS: 2013 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05 — Less is More

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Ben Hsu

There’s no replacement for displacement? Bzzzt, that is incorrect! The answer is weight, or lack thereof. This year’s JCCS had plenty of small wonders (including motorcycles) that warrant attention. They might not roar when you goose the throttle, but they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in events, honda, mazda, Motorcycles, nissan, subaru, toyota | Tagged acura, b210, CB 77, cb160, charade, civic, crx, CX500 Turbo, daihatsu, datsun, exa, H1-Mach III, honda, honda N, honda z, integra, kawasaki, kei, kp61, motorcycles, mugen, n10, nissan, pulsar, sambar, starlet, subaru, sunny, toyota, tz250, yamaha | 17 Comments

The astoundingly detailed custom Hot Wheels of ScaleMaster

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Ricky Silverio

Please allow me to introduce our two newest JNC contributors — Ricky Silverio, an unquestionable nostalgic car guru who will be writing regularly about Japanese collectibles, and Mark Jones, the man behind these custom toy cars. Enjoy Ricky’s first article. – … Continue reading →

Posted in honda, minicars, nissan, toyota | Tagged 2000gt, 240z, 260, 280z, 350z, ae86, bre, celica, civic, civic si, corolla, datsun, fairlady z, hachiroku, hks, honda, hot wheels, kurosawa, levin, minicars, mooneyes, mugen, Nerve Hammer, nissan, r32, s30, ScaleMaster, skyline, sprinter, super tsunami, supra, toyota, trd, trueno, z33 | 20 Comments

Tamiya R/C Honda Ballade Sports Mugen CR-X Pro

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Dan Hsu

If the upcoming Hot Wheels Honda CR-X is too small for you, try this one on for size. Japanese hobby company Tamiya has released a radio control version of the Mugen CR-X Pro, the ne plus ultra of early 80s pocket rockets. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in honda, minicars | Tagged ballade, cr-x, crx pro, honda, mugen, tamiya | 6 Comments

EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Ben Hsu

We have so much coverage from JCCS that we’ve skipped the Friday Video this week and spilling the final installment into the weekend. So like a fleet of ported rotaries roaring down the 710, let’s tear right in!

Posted in datsun, events, honda, mazda, nissan, toyota | Tagged 13b, 2000gt, 240z, 280zx, 310, 510, 521, ae82, bluebird, celica, city, civic, corolla, cr-x, cressida, crown, cvcc, datsun, datsun 310, fairlady z, fairladyr, fx-16, gsl-se, gt-s, hilux, honda, levin, luce, mazda, MkII, MkIII, monster tajima, mugen, mx73, n10, nissan, panasport, pickup, PL312, pro, pulsar, r360, ra29, roadster, rs45, rx-2, rx-4, rx-7, s130, s30, s50, sb1, spl311, spl312, sprinter, sr20det, ssr, te27, te71, toyota, trueno, wagon, watanbe | 14 Comments

SEMA 2009: Nostalgics from Subaru and Honda

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Ben Hsu

The floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center is much sparser than it has been in recent years, but SEMA 2009 is still several times the size of some Central American nations. We were heartened to see more and more … Continue reading →

Posted in events, honda, subaru | Tagged civic, civic 1200, cr-x, honda, legacy, mugen, mugen cr-x, n600, s2000, s2000 cr, sambar, sema, sema 2009, subaru, subaru 360, vip | 21 Comments

Weird and Wild at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Ben Hsu

It’s Tokyo Auto Salon time again, and you know what that means. All the weird and wacky custom cars of Japan come to Makuhari Messe in Chiba to show their stuff. Reports are filtering in all over the web, but … Continue reading →

Posted in honda, nissan, tokyo auto salon, toyota | Tagged 2009 tokyo auto salon, honda civic, honda civic ef, mugen, nissan, nissan skyline, nissan skyline r30, tokyo auto salon, toyota, toyota 2000gt | 17 Comments