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Detroit: 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo is a mighty mite

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Budget , Performance , Hatchback , Hyundai , Design/Style The Hyundai Veloster got off to a solid commercial and critical start in 2011, and while the eccentric hatchback has only been on the market for a few months, it’s already found its fair share of friends, outselling competitors like the Honda CR-Z and Scion tC straight away. We can see why – Veloster offers a unique mix of cut-price mix of funkiness, utility, connectivity and efficiency. However, it’s also fair to say that its direct-injected 1.6-liter Gamma four-cylinder skews far more eco than sport.

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Report: Toyota Prius GT300 coming to SuperGT

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Filed under: Motorsports , Hybrid , Sedan , Toyota , Racing We heard the rumors in Tokyo , but wouldn’t believe it until we saw it. And here it is. Toyota will be replacing its Axio racer with a Prius for next year’s SuperGT season. The touring car Prius will reportedly run in the GT300 class against the recently released Subaru BRZ and Honda CR-Z , the latter of which – like the Prius – will use some kind of hybrid drivetrain in the championship.

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Official: Honda UK and Mugen launch supercharged CR-Z iCF

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Hybrid , Performance , Hatchback , Honda , UK While Honda doesn’t have any plans to bring the carbon fiber-laced CR-Z Mugen RR to production, the company has announced that buyers in the UK will have the chance to pick up a quicker version of the hybrid hatchback. The Honda CR-Z iCF will boast a little over 172 horsepower thanks to some wrenching by Mugen Euro. The base 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine packs a centrifugal supercharger along with an intercooler and a remapped ECU. As a result, the dash to 60 miles per hour takes just 6.1 seconds.

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2011 Honda CR-Z EX W/Navigation

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2011 Honda CR-Z EX W/Navigation The CR-Z’s steering wheel and gearbox feel as tactile and realistic as gaming devices. When I first saw the Honda CR-Z at the Detroit auto show, I was hugely excited. The tiny little hatchback looks fantastic and is, in my view, the coolest design to emerge from Honda in years.

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Report: Honda CR-Z Mugen RR production hopes dashed

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Performance , Etc. , Hatchback , Honda If it’s too early to start drinking, crack open a cold one anyway. You’re gonna need a beer to cry into. Top Gear reports that Honda has no plans to produce the CR-Z Mugen RR Hybrid Concept

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Intersection magazine decks out a special edition Honda CR-Z [w/video]

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Filed under: Hybrid , Hatchback , Honda , Design/Style The roles of the automaker and the car magazine are well delineated: The former makes the cars, and the latter reports on them. Once in a while, though, we see the two changing hats, as automakers produce their own brand magazines and magazines build their own kit cars and whatnot. But this collaboration, for better or worse, brings the two that much closer. And if any publication was going to break the mold, we suppose it would have to be Intersection

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Intersection magazine decks out a special edition Honda CR-Z [w/video]