The Honda CR-Z – Honda’s ‘Sporty’ hybrid – is getting a bit of a facelift for 2013 and will debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. It’s more than two years since the Honda CR-Z Hybrid arrived in the UK as the ‘sporty’ face of the Honda Insight, so Honda has decided it’s time for a bit […]
Honda CR-Z Mugen RR – it’s the Japanese version
Mugen in Japan has emulated Mugen UK by producing the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR, a tarted and titivated CR-Z Hybrid. We’ve reported quite a bit on Mugen UK’s efforts to sprinkle fairy dust on the Honda CR-Z Hybrid to turn it in to the sort of hybrid that would appeal to a keen driver. And now it’s the turn of Mugen in […]
Mugen Honda CR-Z Hybrid Video ahead of Goodwood
Honda has released video of the Mugen Honda CR-Z out playing ahead of a public reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in a few weeks. We reported back in April that Honda had turned to Mugen to see if they could inject anything in to the CR-Z Hybrid that might make it even remotely […]
Honda CR-Z Mugen: First photos revealed
Honda has revealed the first photos of the Honda CR-Z Mugen ahead of its reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. We got news a couple of months ago that Honda were getting Mugen to do a tuning job on the CR-Z Hybrid and put together a ‘Concept’ for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. But it seemed […]
Mugen Honda CR-Z to be supercharged
The Mugen Honda CR-Z special planned to show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year will get a supercharger and deliver 200bhp – and still be a hybrid. We’re not the biggest fans of the Honda CR-Z, despite it being a decent-looking car. It’s a car born out of the necessity for Honda to […]
Honda CR-Z Mugen Concept at Goodwood FoS
Mugen in Europe are developing a Honda CR-Z Mugen which promises more power an ‘Type-R’ performance. Debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed. We all know that Honda doesn’t really have its heart in the hybrid game, believing that hybrids are, at best, a stop-gap solution. But in the real world Honda can’t afford to ignore […]
Honda CR-Z Turbo: Coming soon
It appears Honda are now rushing to produce a CR-Z without hybrid drivetrain. Plans are for a new 1.6 litre turbo VTEC-i with up to 200bhp We understand why Honda makes the Honda CR-Z. We also applaud it for wanting to make hybrid cars a bit more interesting at the lower end of the car […]
Honda CR-Z: Non-hybrid coming
Honda is planning to put a new, turbo-charged VTEC-i petrol engine in the CR-Z to produce a non-hybrid CR-Z. Also planned is a Honda CR-Z Type-R with 200bhp. We understand why Honda has made the CR-Z a hybrid. They need to compete with Toyota, who have managed to carve themselves a seemingly indomitable niche as […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid – the promo video
Honda has released a promo video for the Honda CR-Z hybrid coupé as it launches in the UK at prices from £17k. Last month we got the specs and prices for the UK Honda CR-Z Hybrid, Honda’s modern hybrid take on the CR-X – they want us to believe. So having given us the buy price – it starts […]
Honda CR-Z – big sales in Japan
Honda’s sales of its ‘Sporty Hybrid Coupe’ – the Honda CR-Z – are running at ten times expected levels, with 7,000 sold in three weeks in Japan. Honda announced that their ‘Sporty’ hybrid – the Honda CR-Z – was up for grabs in the UK a couple of weeks ago, but so far we’ve had […]