Honda Civic Type R Mugen Group.B – “ultimate Type R” at Tokyo Auto Salon with around RM300k in parts

The Honda Civic Type R Mugen Group.B made its debut at last year’s Tokyo Auto Salon with a bunch of add-on parts designed to make the hot hatch even sportier. Fast forward to this year’s event, the carmaker’s in-house tuner has revealed that it spent a year developing its creation to further improve performance and bring it to market.

This pre-production unit you see here previews that Mugen calls the “ultimate Type R” and gets pretty much the range of parts that the tuner worked on. With the use of lightweight materials such as carbon-fibre and titanium, they don’t come cheap. In an official release, Mugen provides a list of parts that are set to be released in 2025:

Carbon-fibre front bumper lower spoiler – 1.65 million yen (about RM47k)
Carbon-fibre aero bonnet – 1.65 million yen (about RM47k)
Carbon-fibre front aero fender – 880,000 yen (RM25k)
Carbon-fibre side spoiler – 1.65 million yen (about RM47k)
Carbon-fibre rear bumper diffuser – 1.1 million yen (RM31k)
Carbon-fibre rear wing – 1.32 million yen (RM38k)

Carbon-fibre tailgate spoiler – 220,000 yen (RM6.3k)
Carbon-fibre side mirror covers – 110,000 yen (RM3.1k)
Titanium sports exhaust system – 880,000 yen (RM25k)
High performance brake system – 1.1 million yen (RM31k)
Carbon-fibre engine cover and chamber cover set – 198,000 yen (RM5.7k)
Mugen LED taillights -165,000 yen (RM4.7k)

With all the parts fitted, Mugen claims the Group.B generates approximately three times more downforce and is around 38 kg lighter than a regular Civic Type R. These new parts join existing ones that are already on sale such as a front bumper garnish, 19-inch forged aluminium wheels, wheel centre caps, racing wheel nuts, a sports steering wheel, full bucket seats, an Alcantara shift knob, a carbon-fibre centre console panel, black and red sports mats and boot mat as well as a hydrophilic LED mirror – these are priced between 4,400 and 297,000 yen (RM125 and RM8,475).

Prices mentioned are inclusive of tax and the products are scheduled to be announced and released sequentially from May this year. Those with deep pockets and intend to kit out their FL5 Civic Type R with Mugen goodies will pay around RM300k for the newly released parts.