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Soichiro Honda s son took Honda to the next level in performance.
Mugen is a Japanese tuning and parts manufacturer founded by Soichiro Honda s son, Hirotoshi. It was founded in 1973, but the company has never been owned by Honda. Instead, it operates independently, tuning and racing Honda vehicles as well as selling aftermarket parts and, occasionally complete vehicles. Over the years, Mugen has also created concept cars for Honda.
Like his father, Hirotoshi Honda started out with motorcycles, focusing on motocross bikes. He founded Mugen with the help of veteran race car driver Masao Kimura and aimed for the company to eventually build its own cars. That journey started with bodykits, and over the years Mugen has expanded its motor racing interests from Formula 3000 to Formula 1, as well as sports car and motorcycle racing. But today, we re going to concentrate on the company s road cars and concepts.