Honda Malaysia’s teased it and John Cena’s simply purchased one; now this neat little quantity has turned up on the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon. It’s known as the Mugen Prelude Spec III, and naturally it’s primarily based on the new Honda Preludewhich launched in Japan in September.
Mugen says this succeeds its 1987 Prelude Spec II, which was primarily based on the third-gen mannequin (the final technology to have pop-up headlamps). That’s an extended await a threequel, however the world has been and not using a new Prelude for nearly 1 / 4 of a century, lest we neglect.
There’ll solely be 16 models of the Mugen Prelude Spec III, and if you need one, you’ll must first purchase a Prelude and ship it to Mugen. The corporate will then maintain a lottery, and if you happen to emerge one of many 16 luckies, that’ll be 1.65 million yen (RM42k) please, arigato gozaimasu. Mugen will then get to work.
In addition to the customary Mugen decals, your Prelude will get an all-round bodykit together with a rear diffuser, a boot spoiler and facet mirror caps – all in carbon-fibre. Then, a stainless-steel sports activities exhaust system shall be put in – get set for some aural stimulation.
The automobile displayed here’s a pre-production unit (serial quantity 0/16). It’s fitted with 19-inch Mugen FR10 alloys, Mugen brake pads, Mugen flooring mats and boot lining, plus Mugen LED-illuminated door sills – all are purchasable individually. The Recaro seats and steering wheel sport Mugen logos – this stuff usually are not listed but on the Mugen web site so they may nonetheless be at prototype stage.
The brand new Prelude will get its platform from the Civicits powertrain from the Civic Hybrid and its suspension and brakes from the Civic Sort R – however that is actually simplifying issues, so digest all you possibly can in regards to the 2+2 coupe right here.
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