Honda CR-Z tagged posts

The current Honda CR-Z is a very unique hybrid car in the market: it is the only hybrid car that offers manual transmission in the market. However, sales of the CR-Z is plagued by its weak power output, which has only 130HP from a tiny 1.5L engine plus the electric motor.

But please be rest assured that Honda is going to address this issue in the next generation CR-Z, which is due in 2017. The current CR-Z is based on the Honda Fit platform, however the new CR-Z will be riding on the Civic platform several years later. Therefore you can consider the future CR-Z to be a high performance version of the Civic Coupe.

On its initial launch in the US market, Honda will dump th...

The Honda CR-Z is an very unique vehicle in the US market, from the following aspects:

– The only 2-seat front-wheel-drive hatch back
– The only 2-seat hybrid vehicles under $100k
– The only hybrid vehicles that offers manual transmission

Even the CR-Z is relatively lightweight (curb weight: 2,639 lb), its 1.5L natuarally aspirated gasoline engine + electric motor powertrain is considered to be underpowered, for only has a total of 130hp and 140 lb-ft of torque output.

Now Honda has addressed this issue by letting its performance division: the Honda Performance Development (HPD) to make a supercharger kit for the 1...