Mugen
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Honda has announced a strange assortment of cars for the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, which takes place on January 11 in the Japanese capital. The annual show draws in all the big names in the aftermarket business, as well as some of the OEMS. While Nissan has already announced it will be presenting a number of exciting sports cars, race cars and lifestyle models at the Tokyo Auto Salon, Honda’s offering reflects the sad state of its current performance car range. The highlight is the S2000 Modulo Climax, which takes an old S2000 and dresses it up with some new bumpers and a revamped...
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Forbidden Fruit: Honda CR-Z Mugen RZEver since Honda launched its CR-Z “Sports Hybrid,” fans of the car and of the brand have wished for one thing: more power. Even in early 2011, less than a year after the car’s launch, there was talk about a new, more powerful version in the works. That car made its debut at this...
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Mugen Enhanced Honda CR-Z iCF Goes On Sale In UK
Following a successful program launch at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed back in July, Honda’s British unit has joined forces with the automaker’s official in-house tuner to launch a 130-plus mph version of its CR-Z hybrid hatch. With almost 50 percent more power than the standard...
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Honda Civic Type R By Mugen: Forbidden Fruit
Just in case the 237 horsepower Civic Type R built by Mugen in 2010 wasn't powerful enough, the company has announced a 256 horsepower version. The catch? It's only available in the U.K..
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Supercharged Honda CR-Z Mugen Hits The Road: Video
At this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Honda showed off a fully customized CR-Z race car, which featured a claimed output of 200 horsepower and 175 pound-feet of torque. However, it isn’t the only force-fed CR-Z we’ve seen in recent months. You may recall that...
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Mugen Euro Reveals High-Performance Honda CR-Z Hybrid
Exactly two months ago Honda’s tuning arm, Mugen (more specifically Mugen Euro), announced plans for the development of a high-performance Honda CR-Z hybrid hatch and released a couple of teaser sketches. Today, Mugen Euro has revealed its latest creation, the CR-Z Mugen, which will be making...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
There’s been talk of a more powerful Honda CR-Z in the works ever since the hybrid ‘hot’ hatch was first launched. This was mostly because the car that was billed as the first sporty hybrid was neither sporty nor even that fuel efficient, with official performance specs coming in at only 122 horsepower and 123 pound-feet of torque and fuel economy of 35 mpg city/39 mpg highway. Why Honda chose to launch the CR-Z with such lackluster performance may never be known but at least the automaker is aware of its folly and is now out to remedy it. Over the past year we’ve seen...
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Mugen Euro Announces Development Of High-Performance Honda CR-Z
Performance hybrids seem to be the order of the day, with Porsche just moments ago unveiling its second-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 and now Mugen Euro announcing plans for the development of a high-performance Honda CR-Z. For those unaware of Mugen, the name applies to a motorsports and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ariel Celebrates Atom 10th Anniversary With Mugen Special Edition
It’s hard to believe that the Ariel Atom has been around for 10 years, but it has, and in honor of reaching that milestone Ariel has partnered with Mugen to develop a special edition of its stripped-out roadster. Only 10 of the new roadsters will be built, each powered by an uprated version...
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Report: Honda CR-Z With Turbocharged Four-Banger Planned
The Honda CR-Z currently has a sole powertrain option, a finicky hybrid system consisting of a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine mated to the automaker’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA). The setup is good for 122 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 128 pound-feet of torque from 1,000-1,500 rpm, figures...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mugen-Prepped 2011 Honda CR-Z Officially Launched
Not so long ago the idea of a hybrid powertrain in a sports car was anathema to enthusiasts. But after last year's Formula 1 season, the debut of cars like the Tesla Roadster and Audi's series of all-electric e-tron concepts, as well as the wider acceptance of hybrids in general by the buying...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
First look at Mugen’s Euro-spec Honda Civic Type-R
Honda is currently prepping an even higher performance version of its European Civic Type-R that’s set for release in the UK in the third quarter, with other markets to follow shortly after. The latest version has been inspired by last year’s Civic Mugen RR concept vehicle and has been...
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This year’s Tokyo Auto Salon saw a string of modified Nissan GT-Rs grab all the attention, not to mention the king of them all, the all-new GT-R SpecV, however, Honda still had one very special concept sitting on its stands at the show. The concept is the NSX Mugen RR, a race-inspired version of the supercar modified by Honda’s in-house tuner, Mugen. It measures in at 4.52m in length, 1.95m in width, and just 1.32m high, but beneath its mix of metal and carbon-fiber panels is an empty engine bay. The NSX Mugen RR is purely a show car and was created as a way to celebrate the last...
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Honda showcases 16 vehicle lineup at SEMA
Honda will be showcasing more than 16 custom vehicles at this year’s SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas, with a lineup consisting of project cars, concepts and accessorized production vehicles. Specially featured in the display is a 2009 Fit equipped with Mugen accessories, a Civic Coupe Concept...
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