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Honda is a company that doesn’t like to follow the crowd. So, while it competes in most of the traditional sectors of the car market, in each case it does something a little bit different.

The Jazz, for example, might look like just another rival to Britain’s best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta, but it’s actually much more practical than its rivals, with a flexible boot and Tardis-like interior.

The bigger Civic is also a practical choice, but it’s mainly distinguished by having eye-catching, love-it-or-hate-it styling, despite competing in a sector of the market that’s usually more conservative than a blue rosette.

And while it may not seem so radical now, Honda’s large SUV, the CR-V, was one of the first to forego any pretence of being an off-roader and instead focus on on-road driving dynamics.

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Honda says a hot Mugen version of its <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/honda/cr-z/coupe/used-review/n821">CR-Z hybrid coupe</a> could be built. Honda announced earlier this month that Mugen was building a CR-Z concept car 'with Type-R performance', which will get its first showing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Officially, the Mugen car is a concept car, but a Honda insider hinted that a production version could be built. She said: 'All production cars start out as concepts'.

The CR-Z Mugen will have improvements to both the 1.5-litre i-VTEC petrol engine and the Honda IMA system to boost power and torque. While no performance figures for the concept car have been released, Mugen said in some situations average fuel economy could better the standard CR-Z production car. The CR-Z Mugen is a joint project between Honda (UK) and Mugen Euro a UK-based subsidiary of Honda's tuning partner Mugen. Mugen Euro produced the Civic Type-R Mugen, an extreme, 237bhp version of Honda's popular hot hatch.

Honda says a hot Mugen version of its <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/honda/cr-z/coupe/used-review/n821">CR-Z hybrid coupe</a> could be built. Honda announced earlier this month that Mugen was building a CR-Z concept car 'with Type-R performance', which will get its first showing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.

Officially, the Mugen car is a concept car, but a Honda insider hinted that a production version could be built. She said: 'All production cars start out as concepts'. The CR-Z Mugen will have improvements to both the 1.5-litre i-VTEC petrol engine and the Honda IMA system to boost power and torque. While no performance figures for the concept car have been released, Mugen said in some situations average fuel economy could better the standard CR-Z production car. The CR-Z Mugen is a joint project between Honda (UK) and Mugen Euro a UK-based subsidiary of Honda's tuning partner Mugen. Mugen Euro produced the Civic Type-R Mugen, an extreme, 237bhp version of Honda's popular hot hatch.