At the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year, Honda surprised hot-hatch fans with the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR – a supercharged 1.5-liter CR-Z equipped with an IMA hybrid system, pumping out 197-hp and 181 lb-ft of torque. That gave it the ability to go from 0 to 60 mph comes in at approximately 6.6 [...]
Earlier this year, Honda unveiled the CR-Z MUGEN RR Concept, a study that became known to hint at a high-performance CR-Z that would hit markets in 2012. Upsettingly enough, Honda later said that it had no plans to produce the CR-Z Mugen RR Concept. Check out our original post on the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR [...]
Mugen of Japan has just recently unveiled some new photos of its latest efforts, the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR. Built to show off the capabilities of the CR-Z in terms of function, style, performance and ability, the CR-Z Mugen RR is a concept with no further plans for production. The CR-Z Mugen RR features unique [...]
The Honda CR-Z Mugen is pretty much everything that the original Honda CR-Z should have been. Power for the Honda CR-Z Mugen will come from a 1.5L i-VTEC gasoline engine that will get a supercharger, pumping output to 200-ps (197-hp) with a maximum torque of 181 lb-ft. Click here for more news on the Honda CR-Z. [...]
Honda released a new concept at the Goodwood Festival of Speed dubbed the “RR”. The concept is a Mugen race-ready make over of the CR-Z. Click here for more news on the Honda CR-Z. The Honda CR-Z MUGEN RR Concept’s exterior has been modified with custom 18-inch wheels, and a full body kit including front and [...]
We here at egmCarTech love the new Honda CR-Z. Though we were a bit surprised by the lack of any decently measureable amount of performance. Sure, we weren’t expecting an all out tire-roasting hatchback as it is built to also be kind to the environment. But we thought it could use some extra power since [...]
Last month, Honda and MUGEN Euro released the first images and details of the upcoming Supercharged Honda CR-Z Mugen. Power for the Honda CR-Z Mugen will come from a 1.5L i-VTEC gasoline engine that will get a supercharger, boosting output to 200-ps (197-hp) with a maximum torque of 181 lb-ft. Click here for more news [...]
Honda confirmed today that it will participate in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race with the Honda CR-Z Hybrid hatchback in the Le Mans vers le Futur, an event looking at the future of the legendary event. Click here for more news on the Honda CR-Z. “The organisers of Le Mans 24 Hours, the [...]
Honda and MUGEN Euro have released the first official photographs of the new Honda CR-Z MUGEN – the higher-performance hybrid hatchback that the CR-Z should have been from the start. “Development of the supercharged Honda CR-Z is on track, with performance figures already looking promising,” Honda said. “Early tests with a prototype car based on [...]
We recently tested the 2011 Honda CR-Z and were fairly impressed by the hybrid hatchback. However, we kept finding ourselves yearning for more power and more zip for a hatchback that looked as aggressive as the CR-Z. Well, our thirst is about to be quenched… sort of. Honda’s tuning arm Mugen has officially confirmed that [...]
