Filed under: Aftermarket, SUVs, Crossovers/CUVs, Honda
The Mugen CR-V roadstar adds edge to Honda's SUV
Some of us have bemoaned the new styling of the Honda CR-V, which is why it's no surprise that the aftermarket has already stepped up to address our concerns. When you think of Honda tuning, you should think of Mugen (if you play Gran Turismo at all), and it's no surprise this Japanese tuning house is the first one to try and beat the ugly out of the new CR-V. Mugen today announced a whole catalogue of aftermarket appearance parts for the new CR-V that includes a front spoiler with integrated day/night lamps, a sports grille, a lower rear spoiler that integrates dual, center-mounted exhaust tips (!), a wing spoiler (pass, too much) and Mugen 19-inch TT wheels. The total effect is shocking and surely even more polarizing than an unadorned CR-V, but the consensus around the Autoblog office is positive. Now if Mugen could just fix that D-pillar we'd be happy.
More pictures can be found after the jump.
[Source: Mugen via CarScoop]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Henry Honda 3:36PM (10/12/2006)
Now, that's the car that Honda should have made or at least offered on the high end. Honda engineering rocks but it's stylig and COOL factor really needs work (sans the SI).
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Corey W. 3:47PM (10/12/2006)
How many different ways can you dress up a jelly bean... ;-) But it does look a lot better than stock.
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chronoguy 3:50PM (10/12/2006)
The trucklet is plain ugly.
I was reading this month's Automobile Mag's interview with the lead Honda designer,Shoji Fujimaki. He wanted it to look tougher so they made bigger wheels. He was shocked that people considered the CRV "wimpy."
The design is so incoherent.
Funny thing, he admires most of all - Land Rover designs. That was a great compliment. Land Rovers make SUVs that look like SUVs.
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christopher 3:50PM (10/12/2006)
I think the current stock CR-V definitely looks better than the older model, but this could be a kickin' R version... although it seems a little silly to have an R version of the CR-V... ah well... good mod, though...
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auto specifications 3:51PM (10/12/2006)
I like it very much.
http://www.auto-specifications.com/
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Nicholas 3:52PM (10/12/2006)
You know what is ugly? The rear of the new Acura RDX. Saw one on my drive to work. Dear god is it fugly.
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DC_1 4:38PM (10/12/2006)
Can someone confirm if this is a Hyundai or Honda?
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ghughes 5:33PM (10/12/2006)
Why does honda need styling kits to clean up new cars? When did they hire Chris Bangle as a consultant? HAHA
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Jason 5:43PM (10/12/2006)
How can you guys say that looks better? Those window shade things are straight out of the '80's off of Dodge Diplomats from Broward County!! What's a matter with you all? There is NOTHING tastesful at all here! It's just junk for cheesy people with no class or taste! The same people who spend $400 on rust-coating and $200 for door edge guards on a new car. TOY crap! Other than that, it's great. ; )
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Foxrun 6:27PM (10/12/2006)
#7 I couldn't agree with you more. The Japanese and Koreans designs are fusing into one. Funny I thought the Koreans wanted to be anything but.
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posers' r us 6:31PM (10/12/2006)
this is the most wanksta ass shit ever. they add weight to an already pverweight suv and then dont boost power numbers. anyone who buys one should be lined up and shot execution style to rid the world of their stupidity.
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Howard Kerr 7:49PM (10/12/2006)
I agree, this takes a Honda product and "cleans it up" by morphing it into a Hyundai. The REALLY stupid part? Mugen parts are outrageously expensive, so adding this package to a CR-V would probably add about $10,000 (just a casual guess) to the price of a CR-V. For that kind of money, you could do a much better job, yourself, with aftermarket parts available elsewhere.
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Ryan 10:33PM (10/12/2006)
Well, buck-tooth betty looks a little better now :-)
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Leo 10:56PM (10/12/2006)
better than stock, and this white color photos they have shown seem to make the car less UGLY
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MikeW 12:07AM (10/13/2006)
LED fog lights, fricking useless.
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edmcc 1:44AM (10/13/2006)
#7 If you look at pic 2 you will notice the Honda emblem.
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Tire dealer 4:44AM (10/13/2006)
Great looking little SUV, why doesn't Honda make cars like this out of the box.
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barberoux 7:35AM (10/13/2006)
And you can get it in automatic!!
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gerald 9:42PM (10/13/2006)
Those LED lights are not fog lights. They are a type of driving light. I've seen LEDs integrated into aftermarket foglight as such. The CRV's real foglights are above those LED lights.
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MikeW 1:14PM (10/16/2006)
The driving lights should be integrated into the gaping maw of a second grille under the headlights.
Putting driving lights at ground level is pretty bad design. Functionality wise and style wise.
9 LEDs, maybe those are the DRLs.
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