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July 25, 2011 12:14 p.m. pete240z SuperDork

LOL

Seriously - TRD, Nismo, Mazdaspeed, STi, SVT, "M", AMG, Abarth................Mugen?

So I was talking to the parts guy at my Honda dealership and I asked about the performance arm of Honda. He said "There isn't any".

What about Mugen? "Not part of Honda".

Go ahead and flame me since I am now driving a Buick Accord, which I actually like a lot. Does all the good stuff stay in Japan?
July 25, 2011 12:19 p.m. Josh Dork

Your parts guy is an idiot: http://racing.honda.com/hpd/
July 25, 2011 1:13 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

Mugen is indeed not part of Honda. HPD is part of Honda, and is a performance arm sort of, but AFAIK, they don't make any parts for street cars.
July 25, 2011 2:17 p.m. Josh Dork

I thought the HFP dealer installed performance parts were a product of HPD? What are those then?
July 25, 2011 2:21 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork

pete240z wrote:

LOL

Seriously - TRD, Nismo, Mazdaspeed, STi, SVT, "M", AMG, Abarth................Mugen?

You forgot what is probably the best one
July 25, 2011 2:29 p.m. Josh Dork

SRT? Ralliart? Renaultsport? Audi S/RS? GMPD?
July 25, 2011 7:53 p.m. paul Reader

Josh wrote:

I thought the HFP dealer installed performance parts were a product of HPD? What are those then?

HFP are optional parts you can get from dealerships, the usual performance accessories; HPD is racer-only support/parts.
July 25, 2011 11:12 p.m. integraguy SuperDork

This is why you see so many Hondas with engine transplants.

Honda does not think Americans want/wanted Performance Accords, so the "Type R" Accord that the rest of the world was offered, and was even assembled in the U.S.....we never got. Honda built some of the Accords with the Prelude's higher performance engine for Japan and Europe in Ohio...but never offered them here. Imagine a '95 Accord with the performance of a new Acura TSX...other countries got that, we built them, but never got to buy them.

A place called www.tasauto.com may be of limited help, depending on year of Accord.
July 26, 2011 9:03 p.m. Nitroracer SuperDork

What generation of accord?

I have seen a lot of 94-97 CD chassis accords getting cheap lately, must be hitting the bottom of their depreciation curve. I think an H22 wagon would be a hoot to drive.
July 26, 2011 9:18 p.m. pete240z SuperDork

integraguy wrote:

Honda does not think Americans want/wanted Performance Accords, so the "Type R" Accord that the rest of the world was offered, and was even assembled in the U.S.....we never got. Honda built some of the Accords with the Prelude's higher performance engine for Japan and Europe in Ohio...but never offered them here.

they build this R version here? odd there are no spare parts on ebay for sale.........shame on Honda........
July 26, 2011 9:21 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

Mugen is a separate entity from Honda. Kind of like Alpina for BMW, Brabus for Mercedes, etc. They are just so closely linked that Honda will sell their stuff in dealers. If you want performance parts for an Accord, we have the internet, Al Gore invented it :)
July 26, 2011 9:59 p.m. pete240z SuperDork

DirtyBird222 wrote:

Mugen is a separate entity from Honda. Kind of like Alpina for BMW, Brabus for Mercedes, etc. They are just so closely linked that Honda will sell their stuff in dealers. If you want performance parts for an Accord, we have the internet, Al Gore invented it :)

nah, I was just busting on Honda for being Buick's.