Mugen Civic 2.2 Type R: Forbidden fruit

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In 2010, Honda tuner Mugen built a limited run of the Honda Civic Type R just for customers in the United Kingdom. Only 20 copies of the 237-horsepower hot hatchback were built, and just 16 sold to customers, likely due to its selling price of $64,000 (USD equivalent).

The Honda Civic Type R Mugen is, after all, a hand built car with performance enhancements to virtually every system. There’s a Mugen-tuned suspension, upgraded brakes, an aerodynamically enhanced body kit and an engine built by technicians accustomed to working on Formula 1 engines. According to those who’ve driven the car, the power is tractable at low RPMs, but impressive as the engine spins from 5,500 rpm to its new redline of 8,500 rpm.

Mugen is back with a new engine for the Civic Type R, applying the logic that you can never have too much of a good thing. This time the engine is bored from 2.0 liters to 2.2 liters, boosting horsepower to 256 and raising torque to 177 foot-pounds. Mugen sees this as a tribute to Honda’s naturally-aspirated K20 engine, which has been at the heart of the company’s tuning efforts for years.

The end of naturally-aspirated, high-horsepower engines is likely on the horizon, thanks to tightening environmental regulations around the world. In the words of Hiro Toyoda, vice president of Mugen Euro, “We may never see the like of the K20 in a mainstream production car again,” which explains their efforts in building the 2.2-liter version of the engine.

Mugen Euro still hasn’t decided what to do with the new 2.2-liter engine. It’s possible they’ll retrofit the four remaining Honda Civic Type R Mugens in inventory, making these cars even more desirable among collectors and enthusiasts than the 16 sold so far. Alternatively, the company may offer an upgrade path to buyers of the original 2.0-liter Type R Mugen cars.

This much is clear: we won’t see them in the United States, at any price.
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yakee73 said:
moi jaimerais quel se vende au quebec... l'ailerond jlaime pas par exemple...
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Je suis un honda fanboy moi aussi mais de là à payer 64000 pour une esti de civic même s'il en n'ont fait juste 16 pis c'est une MUGEN...La mugen RR doit être 80 000 lol ????

Sérieux pour une civic type R je payerais pas plus que 35 000$
Il y avait déja une version MUGEN qui était entre cette la Type R standard et la Mugen RR
64000$ dans le new tu peux te procurer pas mal d'exellent véhicule

Et pour l'aileron, elle est 100% fonctionnelle.
 
effectivement 64 000$ pour une civic ces cher... mais ya du monde qui L'aurai acheter pareil ;)

tu me parle de la mugen RR jai jamais entendu parler ou vue sa ?? pour moi la Type R cetait le model le plus sport quil on créé?
 
nop il y a eu la Type R, mugen Type R, Mugen RR et cette Mugen edition spéciale

MUGEN RR

standard mugen type R
 
il ne faut pas convertir les prix europeen en prix Canadien ou americain ...sa ne fonctionne pas comme sa

une GTI au royaume uni se vend L'equivalent en Usd de genre 45 000$...pourtant elle est meme pas 30K us

le principe aurais été le meme pour une Civic!
 
Jeremi01 said:
Je suis un honda fanboy moi aussi mais de là à payer 64000 pour une esti de civic même s'il en n'ont fait juste 16 pis c'est une MUGEN...La mugen RR doit être 80 000 lol ????

Sérieux pour une civic type R je payerais pas plus que 35 000$
Il y avait déja une version MUGEN qui était entre cette la Type R standard et la Mugen RR
64000$ dans le new tu peux te procurer pas mal d'exellent véhicule
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a base 1M is 40,020 GBP ($64,112 USD) and base M3 is 54,690 GBP ($87,613 USD).

a base Civic Type R is 22,205 GBP ($35,572 USD) in the UK, not that surprising that super limited edition hand-built Mugen is $64,000 USD.
 
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Why couldn't Honda use that kind of 2.2L engine for its S2000?

It's a bit of a waste to put it in a special limited edition Civic for only 20 units.

Hell if Honda came out with a +-270HP S2000 while keeping the weight around 2850 pounds I would have bought one.
 
Jacques79 said:
Why couldn't Honda use that kind of 2.2L engine for its S2000?

It's a bit of a waste to put it in a special limited edition Civic for only 20 units.

Hell if Honda came out with a +-270HP S2000 while keeping the weight around 2850 pounds I would have bought one.
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that's a pretty easy problem to solve
 
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