2008 Honda Civic Mugen Si: All Tuned Up and Nowhere To Go

摘要

Honda's Civic Si model has long been a sport-compact trailblaz-er, a car that helped give rise to an entirely new breed of affordable, youth-oriented performance vehicles in the U.S. Mugen Motorsports is a storied Japanese racing/aftermarket parts company whose name is synonymous with the best in Honda tuning. The 2008 Civic Mugen Si brought the two together in one vehicle that looked to be a can't-miss proposition . . . but was it? First, a quick history lesson. Si versions (for "Sport Injection") of Hondas made their debut in the U.S. in mid 1985 on the CRX, a shortened-wheelbase two-seat version of the mainstream Civic two-door hatchback.