RE: Mugen CR-Z is coming - and it'll cost £23k

[Antj]

Riggers said:

The Nurburgring edition is; the ordinary VXR is £18,900...

The Nurburgring edition VXR Corsa is being sold for £19k, Astons and most of the big Vauxhall dealers picked up the majority of Nurburging editions and knocked em out for that price.

http://www.astonvauxhall.co.uk/new-cars/611/Vauxha...

[Ferosferio]

Like others have stated already, the standard version is more of a looker.

I digress slightly now but Harry Metcalfe (of Evo magazine) tweeted earlier today that Honda currently have a "super sports car in development" - things seem to be looking up for petrolhead Honda afficionados.

[DazBock]

hornetrider said:

WTF.

Resounding hatred for the GT86 despite RWD and LSD, yet a FWD Honda hybrid with chav add-on spoilers pops up and it's a mass freakin' love in.

Hand in your PH cards on the way out boys!

That's the result of making an amazing concept and releasing a relatively dull car as opposed to releasing an incredibly dull car and teasing a ridculously expensive option pack which makes the car that should have originally been released and then delivering it.

The Mugen is cool but expensive, the GT86 may be the greatest disappointment in recent years mostly due (IMO) to the horrid rear end.

[British Beef]

I like the looks and ethos of this car, a step back in the R - direction.

Reasonable value?? Quite a bit more than the Civic Type R, for something smaller and slower.

[Emeye]

The red one on Top Gear USA looked good but the mpg was not good.

[Gizmo!]

Ferosferio said:

Like others have stated already, the standard version is more of a looker.

I digress slightly now but Harry Metcalfe (of Evo magazine) tweeted earlier today that Honda currently have a "super sports car in development" - things seem to be looking up for petrolhead Honda afficionados.

Yeah, they've been saying that since approximately, er, 2002.

There's going to be a new S2000 too.

[Ferosferio]

Gizmo! said:

Yeah, they've been saying that since approximately, er, 2002.

There's going to be a new S2000 too.

Fair point - HSC/HSV/'new' NSX... Time will tell i suppose, or not.

[TheOrangePeril]

Surely though, the main attraction of the GT86 is not present on this car anyway...

[Buzzkill]

What's the weight like as 6.1 to 62mph seems optimistic...

[EDLT]

Buzzkill said:

What's the weight like as 6.1 to 62mph seems optimistic...

1080kg in the article, although I think the production version will come with back seats.

[IrrElephant]

Er, unless its been mentioned already, could PH say where its got this information from? Nothing been confirmed by Honda....

A nice big juicy steak of a story, with no sauce?

[Escort Si-130]

I agree, looks stupid with the bonnet black, not a fan of the frontal styling, but hope they see sense and put a body coloured bonnet on.

DazBock said:

Nice - silly black bonnet though!

[Hellbound]

EDLT said:

Buzzkill said:

What's the weight like as 6.1 to 62mph seems optimistic...

1080kg in the article, although I think the production version will come with back seats.

Please come in at no more than 1100kg with a 0-60 time of 6.1 seconds.

Oh and Mugen, feel free to develop a more powerful supercharger.

[appletonn]

stew-S160 said:

I do like this a lot. But I'd take the Toybaru simply because they will be RWD.

What he said ^^

[y2blade]

diddly69 said:

I like it, the standard CRZ looks brilliant I think also

I think someone in the next village has one now, as both days this week I've seen one on my way to work.
Very good looking car imho......it seems to have replaced the 2009 Honda Accord I had been seeing at the same time/place.

[Bladedancer]

alexpa said:

Quality. Specs please. At last something from Honda I 'want' to buy from their range.

P.S. A replacement DC2 would be nice also, or is this it?

It's called DC5 and has been out for a decade.

[DazBock]

Escort Si-130 said:

I agree, looks stupid with the bonnet black, not a fan of the frontal styling, but hope they see sense and put a body coloured bonnet on.

DazBock said:

Nice - silly black bonnet though!

If it had a body coloured bonnet I would probably be booking a test drive as soon as avaliable.

[Bladedancer]

Antj said:

The Nurburgring edition VXR Corsa is being sold for £19k, Astons and most of the big Vauxhall dealers picked up the majority of Nurburging editions and knocked em out for that price.

http://www.astonvauxhall.co.uk/new-cars/611/Vauxha...

That's all good and well, but being a Vauxhall, can it go around corners at all?

[Mr Gear]

Emeye said:

The red one on Top Gear USA looked good but the mpg was not good.

Because they thrashed the st out of it?

Quelle surprise.

[DanDC5]

Bladedancer said:

Antj said:

The Nurburgring edition VXR Corsa is being sold for £19k, Astons and most of the big Vauxhall dealers picked up the majority of Nurburging editions and knocked em out for that price.

http://www.astonvauxhall.co.uk/new-cars/611/Vauxha...

That's all good and well, but being a Vauxhall, can it go around corners at all?

The Corsa VXR isn't a bad handling car, and it's only going to be better with suspension tweaks and an LSD....