Mugen modifies Honda Accord, creates the Inspire
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When it's time for Bruce Wayne to hang up the bat costume and settle down with a wife and kids, he'll need a car with more rear-seat leg room than the Tumbler. We suggest he take the Mugen Inspire for a test drive (with Morgan Freeman riding shotgun for good measure). With all the style and panache that the Dark Knight's daily driver should have, it's also got two more doors and some LATCH anchors for a baby seat. In typical Mugen fashion, the standard Honda Accord has been gussied up with a number of aero add-ons, including a new grille, front spoiler, side sills, rear apron and a rear spoiler from which a 100 or so bats could hang. Yes, the look is way over the top, but it's fun in the way it comically exaggerates the Accord's ho-hum design. The Inspire also gets a sports exhaust to free a few more horsepower through better breathing, as well as upgraded brakes, a lowered sports suspension and new aluminum wheels. It's faster than a stock Accord for sure, but probably not by much. But hey, with the wife and little ones in tow, Mr. Wayne shouldn't be speeding anyhow.
[Source: Mugen]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mke 1:58PM (1/02/2008)
It's a Mugen Buick Park Avenue? Strange!
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Anton Gonzalez 2:04PM (1/02/2008)
Mugen didn't turn the Accord into the Inspire. The Inspire is the Japanese Domestic Market version of what the US Domestic and some other large markets get as the Accord. The JDM (and Euro) Accords are smaller than the USDM Accord and JDM Inspire.
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tanooki2003 3:44PM (1/02/2008)
Dude get your facts straight.
The JDM Honda Accord is the Acura TSX. This is a USDM Honda Accord, meaning it is designed and built here in the USA, most likely Ohio. The USDM Honda Accord then is exported from here to Japan. In Japan they name the USDM Honda Accord as the Honda Inspire to not be confused with their JDM Accord.
Victor 4:37PM (1/02/2008)
I believe the Honda Inspire in Japan from 2003 to now has been manufactured in Japan w/ certain Japan-specific things. For example, the 2006-2007 Inspire in JDM had Adaptive cruise control, a smart key, a "TSX-Like" center console cluster and adaptive HIDs.
I think the new Inspire would be mfg'd in Japan for their domestic market, even if the car was almost all US-designed.
tanooki2003 4:59PM (1/02/2008)
Actually you are incorrect. The only reason i am certain is because I have close friends who work at Honda in Japan. The inspire once imported to Japan from the USA does receive some Japan specific cosmetic upgrades but that's typically as far as it goes.
Bryan 7:19PM (1/02/2008)
Regardless of whose right, you are all dorks.
aman 2:05PM (1/02/2008)
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrice!
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SOhp101 10:36PM (1/02/2008)
ditto. Way to ricer-ish for me.
SOhp101 10:36PM (1/02/2008)
ditto. Way too ricer-ish for me.
aman 2:07PM (1/02/2008)
the JDM and Euro Accord is actually the Acura TSX
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Za 2:24PM (1/02/2008)
Same deal in the Middle East, no?
aman 3:17PM (1/02/2008)
I'm canadian so I have no clue
Ilya 3:42PM (1/02/2008)
Yup, same here in Israel - the USDM Acura TSX is the Euro Honda Accord.
zach 2:15PM (1/02/2008)
is it 1995 again?
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Pokey 2:18PM (1/02/2008)
Don't bet on this being faster than a regular Accord. The Mugen Civic Si has the same list of add-ons, including the exhaust, and it's actually slower than a stock Civic Si.
So, basicly, if you want an Accord that looks like a Pep Boys special, handles slightly better than stock, and is heavier and slower than a regular Accord, then this is your car!
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Steve B. 2:20PM (1/02/2008)
Eww... They Pontiac'ed it. All it would need to be completely over the top is a pair of nostril-like vents on the hood.
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9600baud 2:25PM (1/02/2008)
Eh... Mugen didnt create the Inspire... the Inspire is an actual car, the real Accord's name in Japan... you guys call yourself automobile enthusiasts? Get your facts straight.
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Rick 5:32PM (1/02/2008)
Still ugly. Just so many areas wrong with that design.
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Wow 2:49PM (1/02/2008)
L.O. friggin' L.
Perhaps even more useless than the torqueless Mugen McCivic?
I'll never get the joke with McHonda but still, it always makes me laugh. Strange...
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stefan 4:11PM (1/02/2008)
I hope your not talking about the JDM mugen civic RR witch has 15BHP more than the normal type R and its 40kg lighter.