CRZ Supercharged * 2020 revival *

NathWraith said:
It really depends on your view point.

Take your F10 for example. I saw at least 3 on the M6 this morning. An F10 owner is not looking for uniqueness, so to them it will serve no purpose. I know they are great cars and as a result are common. Yet I would not enjoy owning one for that same reason.
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Whereas it totally doesn't bother me, if anything a cars uniqueness can be a problem for me because if a car is unique, it's probably unique for a reason, which might include:

a) It's just plain crap so nobody bought it. Look, I'm unique, I'm the only one daft enough to buy one when loads of other cars are better!

b) It's not crap, infact its awesome, but it didn't sell for another reason - because it's very expensive to buy or run, or because it's got some sort of flaw, or because it's expensive to run for the performance it offers, or whatever, that sort of thing.

Generally if you produce a car that's really very good at pretty much everything it set out to do then it's probably going to sell very well as a result, after all, exotics and halo models aside, thats the point in making cars. Everyone has a Honda Civic Type R EP3. Why? Because it's a damn good hot hatch, it's affordable, it's reliable, its just.. a very good example of what it is.

Nobody has a Toyota Corolla Compressor.. because it was rubbish. You could decide that because you wanted a unique hot hatch you'd buy a Corolla Compressor instead of a Civic Type R. Then spend all your time driving an inferior car as a result.

There are exceptions to every rule but this is generally why I don't care whether everyone else has the same car as me or not. It just doesn't really factor on my radar. Infact if anything I'd want the car I want to be as popular as possible because it makes buying them much easier. If everyone had a 6 cylinder F10 it would have taken far less than 5 months to actually buy one :D
 
Unique is like an opinion in my eyes, you base it on your ideals (looks, performance, how well it tingles your nuts on a cobble road etc). Nath likes the CRZ because it is different in many ways (to most hot hatches) and Fox likes the F10 for reasons I can't remember from reading this thread. (Sorry Fox:D)

I do like Nath's CRZ, I think it is very different to all the other hot hatches but I like the F10 because it is a luxury saloon, a dam good one.
 
Surely it would be unique if you did a k20 crz, considering in your own words, there aren't any in the UK?

I can't see it costing that much. A very good friend of mine has a vauxhall nova with a c20LET in the REAR of it and it drives pretty well (not like the VW Golf W12 did on top gear) and it didn't cost him anywhere near that to do, let alone putting a fwd engine from a honda hatchback into a fwd honda hatchback...
 
Brackish said:
Nath likes the CRZ because it is different in many ways (to most hot hatches)
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This has made me think. The CRZ isn't a hot hatch, but with the SC kit then realistically it would be.

However, how many cars can you take in stock form and turn into a legitimate different class of car.

That's a fairly interesting concept.
 
rjkoneill said:
This has made me think. The CRZ isn't a hot hatch, but with the SC kit then realistically it would be.

However, how many cars can you take in stock form and turn into a legitimate different class of car.

That's a fairly interesting concept.
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There is a Blitz Supercharger kit for the Yaris T-Sport, took it to around 150bhp in 950kg car.

BEAST.
 
Simon said:
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Works for me :D

Fraid I've been lazy and not read this thread fully but always thought the CRZ to be a missed opportunity by Honda - sporty looking coupe crying out for the Type R motor or similar (must have been discussed in depth already) though from Honda's point of view it depends on the business case and would they just be losing Type R sales as a result.

With the Type R being Civic based and a much larger volume vehicle would expect there's more profit in a Civic based car compared to the CRZ.

Tis an eye-catching car all the same and respect to the OP for diving in and making something more out of it.
 
I would say its particularly true Herp Derp, they still only make so many of them otherwise they wouldnt be a special edition now would they, the only exception to this I can see is the Vauxhall Corsa special editions which are literally more popular than the standard models

I'm also talking about the Compressor in particular and comparing it to its rivals so not sure why your derping about other models and their trim levels
 
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