Like every beginning of the year Japan is all set to celebrate the Tokyo Auto Salon, a great car and gear event in the land of the rising sun.Which will mean a slew of more or less official venture proposals from some of our favorite brands. One of the first to open fire was HondaFrom competitive cars like the Red Bull RB19 F1 World Champion to much more earthy proposals or concepts, the event was confirmed with a huge list of cars. And of course they are also added to this list Mugen, Honda’s sports division projects responsible for some of the most ambitious preparations. Synonymous with grandeur when you combine this expertise with the latest Honda Civic Type RThe result of which we can see in these first images.
Aggression increased on two levels
Mugen will arrive at the Tokyo Auto Salon, which will be held between January 12 and 14, with two modified versions of the Type R, called Group A, the most “refined” and Group B, the most extreme.
The Mugen Honda Civic Type R Group stands out for a new, more aggressive front splitter and sharper corner entries. Of course we also get a more pronounced skirt and a redesigned rear spoiler, plus a revised rear bumper that we can only see in this photo at the moment. An improvement that gives it just the right amount of added aggression to be considered an official evolution of the Type R.
However Things get more interesting with the Group B, with a more typical look of the Civic revamped in the style of the golden age of tuning at the beginning of the new millennium.. Thus, the revision of its little brother adds a new carbon fiber hood with additional cooling, front fenders with additional air vents and extra volume to give it a more muscular look and a front bumper that looks different.
Aggressive and aerodynamic
In addition All these new parts that make it not only more aggressive, but also more aerodynamic as they are designed with CFD, new 19-inch forged wheels from Mugen BBS, new shock absorbers, stainless steel exhaust in Group A or even titanium in Group A. adds. A B and new brake calipers in the first or a new complete kit of calipers and discs in the second. At the moment there is no word on the possible evolution of its engine, although it does say about an interior that has not been left without its corresponding special touches, with a new steering wheel and seats signed by Mugen, and with new gear levers and fiberglass moldings. Carbon on the dashboard.
We’ll know more details and images of this new Honda Civic Type R from Mugen when the Tokyo Auto Salon opens its doors on January 12.
Antonio Ramos Ochoa is the editor of Car and Driver, specializing in the world of motors, competition and technology. It is said that before getting out of the car he was already saying the name of the car he was seeing on the road. A few years later he is still here talking about one of his passions. A fan of motorsport, cinema, video games and history, he also occasionally lets off steam behind the wheel of a kart or simulator.
