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You may have heard of Mugen. They enjoy fiddling with Hondas, and have deemed the spunky CR-Z to be fiddleworthy.
The Japanese tuner - long associated with building bulbous body parts for Hondas - has just released its range of aftermarket tuning bits for the hybrid coupe to the UK, and we're excited.
You can get front and rear Mugen spoilers, a sports grille, a bodacious rear wing, some groovy brake discs and a high-performance air filter/oil filter/sports exhaust which adds 5bhp giving the Mugen CR-Z's petrol engine a simply dizzying 117bhp (add the 13bhp electric motor and you get 130bhp).
Shell out just under £2k and you'll be on the receiving end of some adjustable suspension. Also up for grabs are some GP-style alloy wheels and sports mats, among others.
Spec out everything Mugen has to offer - much like the show car you see above - and you'll be 14 grand lighter. But this is run-of-the-mill tuner fodder if we're honest. No, the thing that excites us most about this list of Mugen-shaped goodness is the little stuff. Like knobs. And nuts.
Yes, for the princely sum of £221.76, you can purchase a brand new Mugen knob and some heptagon nuts.
For more information head over to mugeneuro.com.
Vijay Pattni
Mugen tunes CR-Z
Now you can buy a Mugen knob and some Mugen nuts. For your Honda CR-Z, silly…
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 04:25 pm on 02 July 2010
I thought TopGear was about speed? I read about this on 28th February!! It looked silly then (big spoiler on a FWD? Really?), and it looks silly now. And I like the CR-Z. All it needs is a power upgrade, even just 30 horsepower, and that's exactly what it doesn't have.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 04:32 pm on 02 July 2010
Also (sorry to double-post, but then I am used to websites that let you edit your own comments), that power figure's wrong. Or at least, I would think it is, considering it already makes 123bhp. 117 is the standard CO2 figure.
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Abel_29 commented on this article
at 04:59 pm on 02 July 2010
117 hp? watchout.... -.-'
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Revolution1 commented on this article
at 05:15 pm on 02 July 2010
Careful! 117 HP monster beats McMerc. Yeah, right...
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Twister commented on this article
at 05:35 pm on 02 July 2010
Looks like the chavvy boy racers get their hands on everything these days...
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