2012 Honda CR Z MUGEN First Official Image

MUGEN just released the official image for the 2012 MUGEN Honda CR Z.

MUGEN Euro’s high-performance CR-Z hybrid will use a supercharger to deliver over 50 per cent more power and torque from the Honda’s petrol-electric drivetrain.

The tuned version of the hybrid coupe is expected to produce around 200PS, and 181lb.ft of torque, with significantly enhanced performance throughout the rev range. The car retains the Honda IMA electric motor, and the original 1.5-litre capacity i-VTEC petrol engine, which has been rebuilt to MUGEN specification with bespoke upgraded and strengthened internal components. In order to give a fully integrated and smooth power delivery MUGEN Euro has developed the MUGEN iCF system, which allows all the elements of the electro-mechanical system to work in harmony complementing each other.

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85bmw745i - 5/19/2011 10:31:34 AM

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Finally it goes as good as it looks

KKO84 - 5/19/2011 3:32:44 PM

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Take off that horrid spoiler and replace it with a lip spoiler and that thing is gold.

Joe_Limon - 5/19/2011 4:42:31 PM

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shhh don't tell sportbike80, he believes it to be functional and that it makes it faster!

Joe_Limon - 5/20/2011 9:38:13 AM

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see what I mean? his faith that a production car needs a ginormous wing to go faster is unwaivable. He doesn't understand simple physics.

Joe_Limon - 5/20/2011 10:27:44 AM

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It's Physics *cough cough* and no, I'm a mechanical engineer who has read numerous text books on vehicle dynamics from authors like Milliken and Carroll Smith. That diagram is simplified to the point that even sportbike80 could understand it.

Joe_Limon - 5/20/2011 11:13:53 AM

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Who is that?

and no I didn't read "a book" I've read many books.

Joe_Limon - 5/20/2011 10:47:49 AM

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I've never once mentioned race cars, and never will, that's a stupid stand point to take and you know it, hence why you're trying to shove that statement in my mouth. I've only ever talked about consumer vehicles where manufacturers put on "features" such as the spoiler pictured in this article to sell vehicles. High speed lift is better solved via car shape and underbody air flow channeling as they produce less drag. If you for one second believe that your Factory civic wing has been developed for the sole purpose of increasing handling you are sorely mistaken.

Most commercially available FWD cars are designed to understeer because it's safer to plough through a corner, then to spin out from oversteer. Most of this understeer comes from the weight front heavy weight distribution caused by having the engine and transmission in the front. Normally, this weight distribution is ok because the added weight over the driven wheels helps under launch and most people don't push the vehicle in the corner. The added rear downforce from a spoiler only compromises the vehicle by decreasing front traction and increasing rear, thus increasing understeer even more. Putting a spoiler on these vehicles would be like taking a 911 and adding a front spoiler. They already have decades of tech advancements helping to keep that rear end in check, messing with the car like this will only nullify this tech.

But nooo, I'm an idiot, obviously makers like Honda don't care about slapping features designed to maximize the saleability of their vehicles. Here I have a lovely beast of a car that is clearly using every extra pound of rear downforce.

http://www.zoopedup.com/blogs/uploads/spoiler_funny_110.jpg

Joe_Limon - 5/20/2011 10:49:45 AM

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comes from the front heavy weight distribution*