#Mugen pc company series
In 1988, Mugen started tuning Honda engines for use in Formula Three, winning the Japanese series with Akihiko Nakaya, and in 1990 expanded their business to Europe.
The same year the company produced its own prototype 3.5L V8 Formula One engine, codenamed MF350. In 1989, Mugen entered European F3000 with the MF308 engine and won the championship with Jean Alesi, driving an Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard. The following year, Mugen won four of the top five places in the Japanese F3000 championship. It was introduced in the 1987 season and leased to 14 teams. In 1986, Formula 3000 was introduced into Japan and Mugen joined forces with Honda to build an F3000 engine. Working with Honda, Mugen has gradually expanded its sporting involvement to all levels of the sport. Although it is a legally separate entity, M-TEC kept Mugen's existing staff and is headed by former Mugen board member Shin Nagaosa, who was the engineering division manager at Mugen and been involved with running Mugen's NSX racing program. The new company retained the right to use the Mugen trademark and its headquarters in Asaka, Saitama, in the northern suburbs of Tokyo close to the Honda R&D facility at Wako.
įollowing Hirotoshi Honda's tax evasion allegation in late 2003, Mugen was restructured in early 2004 with the establishment of M-TEC. Since then, the company has produced a number of body kits for Honda machinery, culminating with the Mugen NSX prototype in 1992. Mugen ultimately intends to build its own road cars and the first step towards this was the creation of bodykits for the Honda Ballade CR-X in 1984. Beginning with the 1200 cc Honda Civic engine, it went on to develop, and now designs and builds, both two-stroke and four-stroke engines, manufacturing many of the major components itself. The company started specializing in tuning Honda engines.
As Honda expanded its vehicle lineup, Mugen's product range also expanded. In 1973, Mugen started its operations and initially offered special parts of motocross bikes. Masao Kimura is a veteran racer with more than 50 victories in Honda sports cars and single-seaters and worked for Honda R&D and then Honda Racing Service before helping Hirotoshi Honda establish Mugen. The company has a strong racing heritage, as Hirotoshi Honda began building his own racing car in a workshop at his father's house, shortly before he graduated from Nihon University in 1965.
The company tunes and races Honda vehicles in the Super GT championship, and, additionally, sells aftermarket parts to amateur enthusiasts. Despite the family relationship, however, Mugen is not, and has never been, owned by Honda Motor Company Mugen owner Hirotoshi Honda has been the biggest shareholder in Honda since his father's death in 1991. Mugen, meaning "without limit", "unlimited" or "vast", (hence the commonly placed word "power" after, denoting "unlimited power") is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer that manufactures OEM parts such as body kits and sports exhausts for Honda. Mugen Motorsports (無限), legally known as M-TEC Company, Ltd., is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda, and Masao Kimura. Super GT 2014 Rd.6 Suzuka 1000km: Yuhki Nakayama (Team Mugen)
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