M-TEC Company, Ltd., trading as Mugen Motorsports, is a Japanese engine tuner and parts maker formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, son of Honda founder Soichiro Honda, and the racer Masao Kimura. Mugen means without limit. Although it tunes and races Honda vehicles and makes body kits and sports exhausts for Honda, it is not owned by Honda Motor Company, and Hirotoshi Honda has been the largest shareholder in Honda since 1991. Its headquarters are at Asaka in Saitama, close to the Honda research centre at Wako, and the company was restructured as M-TEC in 2004. Mugen engines won the Formula 3000 championship in 1990 and 1991 and powered Formula One cars from 1992 to 2000, including the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix victory for Ligier and the 1999 season of Jordan, and its Shinden electric motorcycles won repeatedly at the Isle of Man TT Zero.
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its headquarters in Asaka, Saitama, in the northern suburbs of Tokyo
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is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda, and Masao Kimura
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is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer that manufactures OEM parts such as body kits and sports exhausts for Honda
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M-TEC Company, Ltd., doing business as Mugen Motorsports
Corporate history, headquarters
its headquarters in Asaka, Saitama, in the northern suburbs of Tokyo
Operates In: Automotive Industry, Lead, industry
is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer that manufactures OEM parts such as body kits and sports exhausts for Honda
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is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer that manufactures OEM parts such as body kits and sports exhausts for Honda
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is a Japanese businessman, engineer and the founder of Mugen Motorsports
Led By: Hirotoshi Honda, Tax evasion case, president
Hirotoshi Honda had stepped down as the company president.
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