Mugen Civic Type R

[Ferrer]

That's a bit desperate. Almost makes the Megan R26R look classy...

YouTube - Mugen Honda Civic TYPE R UK-Spec 240HP

YouTube - Mugen Honda Civic TYPE R UK-Spec 240HP

[f6fhellcat13]

That is torturous.
Got any stats?

[LeonOfTheDead]

It's Mugen, what did you expect?

It's so japanese it's almost cute.
I have to say the actual a car looks better than those renderings, still it needs a ton of sponsors' stickers to camouflage a bit all it's tackiness.
I don't mean zOMG+100bhp stickers, actual racing ones.
It seems like it was supposed to race in a minor series of the JGTC

EDIT for F13etcetc: 240 bhp, 2.0 liter

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

It's Mugen, what did you expect?

It's so japanese it's almost cute.
I have to say the actual a car looks better than those renderings, still it needs a ton of sponsors' stickers to camouflage a bit all it's tackiness.
I don't mean zOMG+100bhp stickers, actual racing ones.
It seems like it was supposed to race in a minor series of the JGTC

EDIT for F13etcetc: 240 bhp, 2.0 liter

I'm sorry but I can't drive around in a bright red hatchback with an enormous wing on the back. I just can't. No matter how good it is.

[fisetdavid26]

Honda's thank you to chavs.

[f6fhellcat13]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

It seems like it was supposed to race in a minor series of the JGTC

There are not nearly enough louvers and vents. The brakes, engine, and turbo are all going to overheat. Nothing a few NOS stickers can't fix, though.
Also the application of four or five intercoolers to the exterior would help.

EDIT for F13etcetc: 240 bhp, 2.0 liter

danke.
Is that with or without stickers?

[Ferrer]

I also can't see much the point of those special editions. I mean this is going to be an expensive, unpractical, hard to live with everyday car. And yet it's little more than a (very) hotted up econobox. Why not go for a proper sportscar at this point? Surely it'd be better to drive, and just as expensive, unpractical and hard. Buying this is like fighting with one arm tied to the back before starting. I like hot hatches. But they should be simple, cheap and practical. If you take these out of the equation they make little sense to me.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

I'm sorry but I can't drive around in a bright red hatchback with an enormous wing on the back. I just can't. No matter how good it is.

Why not?!
Imagine yourself chasing a white 406 on Champs Elysees...
Seriously, I'll never drive one of these on a public road, not even if painted in an actual racing livery.

Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13

There are not nearly enough louvers and vents. The brakes, engine, and turbo are all going to overheat. Nothing a few NOS stickers can't fix, though.
Also the application of four or five intercoolers to the exterior would help.

danke.
Is that with or without stickers?

Stickers should be worth an overall 3 kilotons of bhp if my calculations are correct.
I think a slightly larger exhausts could increase the total figure to supernova level, need to ask to a pro sticker printer.

[092326001]

i'd say it's no more chav than the focus RS
and probably faster around a track

but the panting in the video is just scary...

[NSXType-R]

Call me mad, but if you delete the wing as I imagined it, it wouldn't look so bad anymore.

But yeah, the wing does ruin it a bit.

On the other hand, I wonder if we're going to see it in Gran Turismo 5.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

I also can't see much the point of those special editions. I mean this is going to be an expensive, unpractical, hard to live with everyday car. And yet it's little more than a (very) hotted up econobox. Why not go for a proper sportscar at this point? Surely it'd be better to drive, and just as expensive, unpractical and hard. Buying this is like fighting with one arm tied to the back before starting. I like hot hatches. But they should be simple, cheap and practical. If you take these out of the equation they make little sense to me.

Sense isn't computed in hot hatches in first place.
You know there are FWD lovers who just dies for these things.
It's like a race car available, it's just as pointless GT3 RS perhaps, just less "cool" to the normal eye.
I don't mind them, and I'm not sure I would get one if I could. Not specifically these, just a too-hot hatch in general. They perhaps don't make sense, but either sportscars really do tbh.

[f6fhellcat13]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

I also can't see much the point of those special editions. I mean this is going to be an expensive, unpractical, hard to live with everyday car. And yet it's little more than a (very) hotted up econobox. Why not go for a proper sportscar at this point? Surely it'd be better to drive, and just as expensive, unpractical and hard. Buying this is like fighting with one arm tied to the back before starting. I like hot hatches. But they should be simple, cheap and practical. If you take these out of the equation they make little sense to me.

It's kinda like: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...-nws-civic.jpg

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13

It's kinda like: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...-nws-civic.jpg

if you think you are going to be the cool kid just because it's a Mugen, then yes, you just payed 30k for a Civic, and you deserve it.
If you plan to track it and has a soft spot for fwd madness, then it's definitely worth the price. It's obviously personal.

[cargirl1990]

the Mugen here has like 198 bhp. i feel ripped off compared to the Euro version with like 240bhp. i want that instead of the one here.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by cargirl1990

the Mugen here has like 198 bhp. i feel ripped off compared to the Euro version with like 240bhp. i want that instead of the one here.

that shouldn't be the Mugen, the standard Type R has 200-ish bhp.
Probably this and all the other Mugen won't be sold in Europe other than in the UK, if not because they have the steering wheel with a small yet fundamental issue.