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

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

Monday 28th November 2011

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

Hot CR-Z hybrid coupe will easily undercut GT 86 when it goes on sale in February



Honda looks set to push the concept of the sporty Hybrid still further by putting a Mugen-tweaked version of its CR-Z hybrid coupe into production - and it'll be on sale in the UK by February next year.


Most intriguingly of all (especially for those wincing at the £28k estimated price of the new Toyota GT 86) is the news that the Mugen CR-Z will be given a sticker price of 'less than £24k' when it hits showrooms.

As with the development version of the Mugen CR-Z that we drove at Rockingham in the summer, the production version of the fast CR-Z will get a 158lb ft, 200hp version of the 1.5-litre four-pot used in the 'normal' car, albeit with a supercharger.

Performance should be pretty spritely, then, and Honda reckons on a 0-62mph sprint of 6.1secs for the car, which should give it a healthy (straight line) performance edge over the identically horsepowered Toyota GT 86.

The one thing we don't know is just how many Mugen CR-Zs will be made...

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Monday 28th November 2011
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Clarkson drove this on his latest dvd, he seemed fairly impressed!

could look decent in the right colour scheme.

where's the exhaust?