Mariwala's Mugen Honda

Revvmaster · 17th August 2004, 16:29

So ladies and Gentlemen, you head to your Honda showroom, test drive the Honda Accord, buy the V6 instead, and drive home thinking you are the king of the roads. Hmm... very much possible.

Scene 2: You head to a Honda showroom, buy the Accord V6 inspite everyone else's pleas, call up Mugen in Japan, order a body kit+tuning kit for Rs. 3,00,000. Soup it up and drive the car down the roads of B'bay knowing for sure that u have the fastest Accord in town. Result? BSM doing a test drive on your beast and TB members drooling all over your car.

Honestly at 22 lakhs, Mr. Mohan Mariwala has made an already smart looking car even smarter. It has that typical M car look to it, understated at first but when u press that throttle, u just realise u messed around with the wrong person. So what is Mariwala's accord all about?

On my regular trips to college via Century bazaar, i used to pass by the Auto Hangar showroom at the Century Bazaar, Worli signal w/o even turning around. But one fine day i saw this beautiful Golden Accord with a nice body kit (minus spoiler) and lovely alloys which looked like 17 inchers to me. Initially i was blown over by its understated presence and thought wow!, this has to be some beast. A few days later i decided to check the car out personally and what caught my eye was that Mugen badge at the rear. Boy, i even asked the door-keeper if Mariwala was in, but he wasn't. I badly wanted to know the specs of that car, but the wait wasn't to be very long....

finally BSM covered the car in this month's issue. Don't even think that this is an ordinary Accord friends. Its a 260 bhp V6 that does 0-100 in 7.75 seconds (w/o chip) and around 7 seconds(with chip). In w/o chip config it sports around 240bhp and with chip, 260. Now if i were to compare it with the standard Accord V6's timing which does it in roughly 8 seconds this is a quantum leap. And mind you the Mugen's timings were in the wet, so in the dry, it should easily be half a second quicker. What's even more suprising is the 80-120 kph timings have fallen by a full second!

All of this for just Rs 3 lakh seems like a decent VFM proposition. Meanwhile I need to check out if Mugen is offering something for my Zen.....

Revv

P.S. read the whole story on the Mugen Accord in the August issue of BSM.

Rtech · 17th August 2004, 16:47

Yup, sure is a nice car. Though that color is just plain ugly!

Also, the BSM article goes on to say that he should add a huge spoiler on the rear along with some graphics and a jazzy paint job! BBoy, has he lost the plot!!

Thank God atleast the owner had more sense!

Rt

Shan2nu · 17th August 2004, 20:08

Wow, sounds great. Does anyone have Mugen's number.

BTW what power output does his Accord have, 240 or 260bhp, coz remember, the normal V6 here is just 221bhp.

U know Honda should team up with Mugen and bring out a new version of the City Vtec which will not only be different from the present city in terms of looks, but with an amazing power and handling package.

Regards...
Shan2nu

v12 · 17th August 2004, 20:28

260 bhp whoa. does it look something like this?

X-Machine · 17th August 2004, 20:58

Hey thats cool, can anyone please post a link to the article or a few pics of the car. I dont get BSM in here.
And anyways who is Mr. Mohan Mariwala???

v12 · 17th August 2004, 21:05

Mohan Mariwala is the owner of Marico Industries. HE also owns Auto Hangar and Linkway Honda.

Sahil · 17th August 2004, 21:11

Correction there...Mohan Mariwala is not the owner of Marico..his brother is the owner whos son is a close frnd of mine hence i know of this. Mohan Mariwala owns Linkway as well as Autohanger

Shan2nu · 16th November 2004, 15:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]his brother is the owner whos son is a close frnd of mine

Is it poissible for you friend to get his uncle's Mugen Accord for our next team-bhp meet?

hehe

Shan2nu

fasbond1412 · 16th November 2004, 16:33

the accord gettin the mugen treatment is gud but i think mugen should cum to india and tune up citys as well coz the new city doesnot have gud performance and the accord doesnot need any improvement in performance as the car is meant more for luxury..

Shan2nu · 16th November 2004, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]accord doesnot need any improvement in performance as the car is meant more for luxury

Actually it's the accord that needs all the attention. It's got the power and the speed, but with out great handling. If Mugen can tune the suspenssion and chassis of the Accord, nothing in this country will come close to that xperience.

Shan2nu

fasbond1412 · 16th November 2004, 18:09

well shan2nu ur rite if u got to put all that it should be done on a car like the octavia RS or maybe the lancer by makin it a EVO?

Revvmaster · 16th November 2004, 19:54

Well nice take on the issue fasbond112, but let's really look at the aftermarket tuning scene in India.

Take Brabus. They are officially present in India. But give or take 4-5 modified Mercs, that too my guess being either alloy wheels, bodyskirts and minimal tuning changes at best, there aren't any full blown Brabus cars that i can recall of in India. And mind you, they have been here for nearly 5 years, if not more. The market is too small for the organised after-market specialists.

Meanwhile, i am yet to understand why people put those sparco stickers on their cars (ala FnF) when i can't see their seats inside....

Revv

lamborghini · 16th November 2004, 20:11

hey revv..
i guess thats just too look cool
anyonesee the black accord...
saw it on neapensea road, it was modded too and by the looks of it, by mugen

fasbond1412 · 16th November 2004, 20:22

thanx rev,
well in India the market is too small for tunin as most ppl buy car 4 luxury and few like u and me buy for performance and racin. Also the cars are more expensive in our country..coz of the taxes so its difficult for ppl to afford gettin them tuned. I spoke to brabus.. they told me they keep alloys for mercs and they rechip the ecu and do tunin as well

as far as stcikin stickers is concerned its juss showin off i have seen many omnis with audi signs and few palios with ferrai signs and 800s wid ferrari stickers.. and bmw is all time favorite for rickshaws..

regards
fas

RJK · 16th November 2004, 21:32

The best I've seen is twin cam 16 valve written on 800's

17th August 2004, 16:29	#1
Revvmaster Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,190 Thanked: 95 Times	So ladies and Gentlemen, you head to your Honda showroom, test drive the Honda Accord, buy the V6 instead, and drive home thinking you are the king of the roads. Hmm... very much possible. Scene 2: You head to a Honda showroom, buy the Accord V6 inspite everyone else's pleas, call up Mugen in Japan, order a body kit+tuning kit for Rs. 3,00,000. Soup it up and drive the car down the roads of B'bay knowing for sure that u have the fastest Accord in town. Result? BSM doing a test drive on your beast and TB members drooling all over your car. Honestly at 22 lakhs, Mr. Mohan Mariwala has made an already smart looking car even smarter. It has that typical M car look to it, understated at first but when u press that throttle, u just realise u messed around with the wrong person. So what is Mariwala's accord all about? On my regular trips to college via Century bazaar, i used to pass by the Auto Hangar showroom at the Century Bazaar, Worli signal w/o even turning around. But one fine day i saw this beautiful Golden Accord with a nice body kit (minus spoiler) and lovely alloys which looked like 17 inchers to me. Initially i was blown over by its understated presence and thought wow!, this has to be some beast. A few days later i decided to check the car out personally and what caught my eye was that Mugen badge at the rear. Boy, i even asked the door-keeper if Mariwala was in, but he wasn't. I badly wanted to know the specs of that car, but the wait wasn't to be very long.... finally BSM covered the car in this month's issue. Don't even think that this is an ordinary Accord friends. Its a 260 bhp V6 that does 0-100 in 7.75 seconds (w/o chip) and around 7 seconds(with chip). In w/o chip config it sports around 240bhp and with chip, 260. Now if i were to compare it with the standard Accord V6's timing which does it in roughly 8 seconds this is a quantum leap. And mind you the Mugen's timings were in the wet, so in the dry, it should easily be half a second quicker. What's even more suprising is the 80-120 kph timings have fallen by a full second! All of this for just Rs 3 lakh seems like a decent VFM proposition. Meanwhile I need to check out if Mugen is offering something for my Zen..... Revv P.S. read the whole story on the Mugen Accord in the August issue of BSM.
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17th August 2004, 16:47	#2
Rtech Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,770 Thanked: 359 Times View My Garage	Yup, sure is a nice car. Though that color is just plain ugly! Also, the BSM article goes on to say that he should add a huge spoiler on the rear along with some graphics and a jazzy paint job! BBoy, has he lost the plot!! Thank God atleast the owner had more sense! Rt
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17th August 2004, 20:08	#3
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	Wow, sounds great. Does anyone have Mugen's number. BTW what power output does his Accord have, 240 or 260bhp, coz remember, the normal V6 here is just 221bhp. U know Honda should team up with Mugen and bring out a new version of the City Vtec which will not only be different from the present city in terms of looks, but with an amazing power and handling package. Regards... Shan2nu
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17th August 2004, 20:28	#4
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	260 bhp whoa. does it look something like this?
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17th August 2004, 20:58	#5
X-Machine Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mumbai/Tokyo Posts: 1,475 Thanked: 29 Times	Hey thats cool, can anyone please post a link to the article or a few pics of the car. I dont get BSM in here. And anyways who is Mr. Mohan Mariwala??? Last edited by Rehaan : 17th July 2008 at 13:37. Reason: SMS language corrected (in a very old post).
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17th August 2004, 21:05	#6
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	Mohan Mariwala is the owner of Marico Industries. HE also owns Auto Hangar and Linkway Honda.
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17th August 2004, 21:11	#7
Sahil Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 6,292 Thanked: 7,607 Times	Correction there...Mohan Mariwala is not the owner of Marico..his brother is the owner whos son is a close frnd of mine hence i know of this. Mohan Mariwala owns Linkway as well as Autohanger
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16th November 2004, 16:33	#9
fasbond1412 BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 124 Thanked: 0 Times	the accord gettin the mugen treatment is gud but i think mugen should cum to india and tune up citys as well coz the new city doesnot have gud performance and the accord doesnot need any improvement in performance as the car is meant more for luxury..
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16th November 2004, 18:09	#11
fasbond1412 BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 124 Thanked: 0 Times	well shan2nu ur rite if u got to put all that it should be done on a car like the octavia RS or maybe the lancer by makin it a EVO?
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16th November 2004, 19:54	#12
Revvmaster Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,190 Thanked: 95 Times	Well nice take on the issue fasbond112, but let's really look at the aftermarket tuning scene in India. Take Brabus. They are officially present in India. But give or take 4-5 modified Mercs, that too my guess being either alloy wheels, bodyskirts and minimal tuning changes at best, there aren't any full blown Brabus cars that i can recall of in India. And mind you, they have been here for nearly 5 years, if not more. The market is too small for the organised after-market specialists. Meanwhile, i am yet to understand why people put those sparco stickers on their cars (ala FnF) when i can't see their seats inside.... Revv
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16th November 2004, 20:11	#13
lamborghini Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,113 Thanked: 5,761 Times View My Garage	hey revv.. i guess thats just too look cool anyonesee the black accord... saw it on neapensea road, it was modded too and by the looks of it, by mugen
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16th November 2004, 20:22	#14
fasbond1412 BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 124 Thanked: 0 Times	thanx rev, well in India the market is too small for tunin as most ppl buy car 4 luxury and few like u and me buy for performance and racin. Also the cars are more expensive in our country..coz of the taxes so its difficult for ppl to afford gettin them tuned. I spoke to brabus.. they told me they keep alloys for mercs and they rechip the ecu and do tunin as well as far as stcikin stickers is concerned its juss showin off i have seen many omnis with audi signs and few palios with ferrai signs and 800s wid ferrari stickers.. and bmw is all time favorite for rickshaws.. regards fas
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16th November 2004, 21:32	#15
RJK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,140 Thanked: 701 Times	The best I've seen is twin cam 16 valve written on 800's
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