Honda CR-V test drive since 2009 SUV
And where is the tuning? Honda Cr-V Mugen test drive
The Honda CR-V was published back in 1995, one of the first-born classes of the PARKENTS, which was then born, quickly won folk love and for four generations has not left the upper lines of sales ratings. And recently, the Hondians decided to commun a popular family crossover with the spirit of the infinity of the famous Mugen atelier and since January 2009 they offer CR-V with cult hieroglyphs on a radiator grill. The third-generation Honda CR-V has boasted involvement in the sports technologies since I first officially drove into Russia a couple of years ago with a two-liter I-VTEC engine with a capacity of 150 horses. However, no matter how the marketers pressed on the formula roots of the motor, it was frankly boring to put pressure on the adhesive two -liter, the dynamic characteristics of the car were to the liking unless novice blondes or successful pensioners, and the engine renewal did not force themselves to wait long. The next I-VTEC, which added in power and volume (2.4 liters / 166 horsepower), although he did not make CR-V with a racing car, but with it this pretty trolley for the supermarket became much more fun.
By the way, it would not hurt to remind you of the cart itself, because by design and ergonomics, the Honda CR-V salon is one of the best in the classroom. There is a pleasant, calm tidy, the Mini-Wenn console and not a trace of the central tunnel you can calmly park the car in an uncomfortable place for the driver and go through the passenger door. At the same time, in the armrest between the front seats there was a place for a huge glove compartment with a sliding lid and for a pair of cup holders and even for an exclusive handbrake with a transverse handle (it must be completely unsportsmaning, it is inconvenient to pull on the move). The steering wheel is adjustable by departure and angle of inclination, it has all the laid elements of the control of the electronic farm of the machine, the driver’s chair is equipped with electric drives, in general, everything that is needed for a comfortable movement to the cottage or service, including separate climate control, 6-disc media- The center with the possibility of reading MR-3, a lot of additional shelves, a glass and a mirror for observing children, in stock. Plastic, of course, is hard, and the driver was a little short of the side support in the chair, but how the salon transforms! The middle part of the rear sofa is folded separately, which means that you can go four to the ski resorts in the Moscow Region, the gallery moves forward, and a strong shelf in the trunk will withstand the clearly more than ten kilograms for weekends of a weekend. Dirkudk was hidden in
the underlife is to get dirty, extracting it from under the bottom, the only thing that I personally had to switch the automatic transmission selector is not very convenient, with such short and slurred moves, you skip the position of R or D in most cases. But some girls did not like the side mirrors too large, they constantly flicker before their eyes. I translate into Russian: the visibility in Honda CR-V is quite acceptable, though in the intracassal mirror, mainly the headrests of the second row can be seen, however, this inconvenience is compensated by excellent informative side mirrors. However, it's time to switch to sports regime again. Oh, sorry, he’s just in the Honda CR-V Mugen transmission, there is no way to manually switch the transmission of a 5-speed machine. And why, if the automatic transmission is already friends with the engine, in which case you can simply turn off the overdrave. Anyway, a family car does not apply to a cool disposition, all that requires the maximum ease of management and friendliness to the driver, but CR-V has no problems. The brakes are understandable and do not require addiction, the gas pedal is not sharp, and the box asks to think a little, though compensating for a slight delay at the start, the next gear is quite active, the next gear is clicks when the tachometer arrow approaches the red zone and only after 160 km/h is felt lethargy. Not too sharp the steering wheel forgives mistakes in management, but the course stability does not suffer from this and in the asphalt rut and on the bumps CR-V retains straightforwardness, and the rolls in corners are small. The off-road is by no means the native element of this asphalt crossover, however, Honda CR-V is quite capable of not only getting to the cottage along a broken grader, but also drive through a not too raw field. Restrictions, as always, impose a road clearance, the complete absence of the protection of the bottom and overhang. Moreover, the bumper from Mugen practically does not affect and so low patency. And the lack of forced blocking between the axes does not affect at all, in the end, if you really want to go behind the tractor, turn off the stabilization system and boldly skip before planting on the belly, the clutch of all -wheel drive will not be overheated immediately.
What is Mugen? Mugen Motorsports is a company created in 1973 by Mr. Hirotoi Honda (son of Sochiro Honda, founder of Honda). One of the leading specialists of the racing department of the company's father and part -time AC of the Japanese car carriers of Masao Kimur helped him. The sons of the office specialized primarily on the fines of the Honda engines for racing series, simultaneously producing tuning complexes for the Honda bodies. Having made his way to the podium of the Japanese and then European formulas-3000 and the British formula-3, Mugen Motorsports in 1991 began to supply motors for the formula-1 team Tyrell, and after five years Olivier Panis driving Ligier Mugen-Honda won the Grand Prix Monaco. Then, the cooperation with the Jordan team and the next achievements of 1998 brought the double victory of Ralph Schumacher and Damon Hill at the Belgian Grand Prix in the SPA Frankorsham, and the next year the Jordan team really fought for the championship in the World Cup and as a result achieved third place. However, at the turn of the centuries, Mugen lost the formal powers of Honda, and returned to her homeland, to the Japanese series JGTC, in 20022004, at the legendary Super Cara, Honda NSX achieved grandiose success in both classes. Today, the company is officially called the M-TEC, but Mugen has retained the brand and at the beginning of the year showed at the Honda NSX Mugen RR Concept, developed on the basis of the new version of Honda NSX.
Impressive? But what about! But which of these achievements went to our family SUV? Unfortunately, only trinkets in the form of a tuning package of several plastic parts. I will list them all, this is not difficult: the overlay on the rear bumper (37,000 rubles), side thresholds (24,000 rubles), the lattice of the front bumper (49,000 rubles), an aerodynamic spoiler on the trunk lid (29,000 rubles) , a set of internal lining on the thresholds (5,000 rubles) and the front grate with the Mugen logo (19,000 rubles). The cost of the machine itself in the minimum configuration: 1 047 250 rubles. The jewelry is undoubtedly beautiful and will definitely highlight you from the general flow, they will become more likely to give way, thinking that you are managing something super-bombed and fast, and you yourself, having saturated with the sports spirit of Mugen, will be more strongly pressed on the gas-the psychological effect will be achieved , but it’s just a shame that purely psychological, maybe it was worthwhile to conjure with the motor?
Source: Drom.ru
