Posting this early as I’ll be on a plane Monday morning. Visited tuning firm Mugen last week to research a feature for Dream, Honda’s customer magazine. Scroll back to the very first blog entry – 9 November – to see why. Really interesting tour of the facility and chat with the team. It’s only a handful of people working out of an anonymous industrial unit in Northampton. They’re building 20 of the Honda Civic Type R Mugen (above), and this is the first time there’s ever been a Mugen-engined road car, so it’s a chance for some lucky enthusiasts to own a little piece of motoring history. Each car gets a numbered plaque on the gearstick surround. Interestingly, they will be numbered 01 to 21 because superstition dictates there’s never a number 13 on motorsport machines. It’s weird because Honda is obviously Japanese, whose unlucky number is 4, yet they’re quite happy to have a car 4!
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