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Mugen Seiki

Mugen Seiki is a Japanese maker of competition RC kits, founded in 1982, that launched its first off-road car in 1990.1

VehiclesHistory and background

Founded
19821

Mugen Seiki vehicles

Buggies

2WD and 4WD off-road race buggies

Truggies

Buggy chassis with wider arms and truck tires

Touring and pan cars

About Mugen Seiki

Product portfolio

Everything here is a race kit. The 1/8 MBX8 buggies and truggies come in nitro versions and electric ECO versions: the MBX8R and MBX8R ECO buggies, and the MBX8T, MBX8TR and MBX8TR ECO truggies. On-road, the 1/10 MTC electric touring cars run from the MTC2R, an evolution of the MTC-2, to the MTC3.4,5

Racing record

Mugen Seiki cars won three IFMAR 1/8 nitro off-road world titles through 2014: Koji Sanada in 1990, Guillaume Vray in 2004 and Robert Batlle in 2012.2 In touring cars, Ronald Völker won the ETS championship two years in a row with the MTC-2, and both MTC-3 prototypes made the A-Main at the 2024 IFMAR World Championship.4,5

Timeline

  1. 1982The company is founded.1
  2. 1990The Supersport, its first off-road car; Koji Sanada wins the IFMAR 1/8 nitro off-road world title with a Mugen Seiki.1,2
  3. 2003The MBX-5 1/8 buggy.1
  4. 2004Guillaume Vray wins the IFMAR 1/8 nitro off-road world title.2
  5. 2012Robert Batlle wins the IFMAR 1/8 nitro off-road world title in Argentina.2
  6. 2017The MBX8 1/8 buggy.1
  7. 2021The MBX8R nitro buggy.3
  8. 2023The MTC-2R touring car, an evolution of the MTC-2.4
  9. 2025The MTC-3 touring car.5

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Mugen Seiki.
  2. LiveRC, WORLDS: A list of every former 1/8-scale nitro off-road world champion, 2 October 2016.
  3. RedRC, Mugen Seiki MBX8R nitro buggy, 23 December 2021.
  4. RedRC, Mugen MTC-2R touring car, 28 April 2023.
  5. RedRC, Mugen Seiki MTC-3 touring car, 14 March 2025.