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| Sportier but thirstier, a hybrid Ho |
| Sportier but thirstier, a hybrid Honda tries to be hip
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 8-August-2010
3:10:39 AM |
| When Honda showed the CR-Z concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007, it appeared alongside some of the wacky Japanese design exercises that the biannual show is known for. One difference between the CR-Z and the Nissan Pivo 2 (with a pivoting cabin), the Toyota Hi-CT (with styling akin to a shrunken Zamboni) and other flights of fancy is that the CR-Z actually goes on sale Aug. 24, looking pretty much as it did on stage. ( See Pictures )
The CR-Z doesn't resemble anything else in the Honda (or Acura) lineup. A sharp wedge, it has an expansive glass rear hatch that seems to extend half the length of the vehicle, almost as if someone chopped a car into thirds, pulled out the center section and fused the two ends together. A gaping grille makes the car look like a feeding goldfish.
The CR-Z may look even weirder on paper. A two-door hybrid that seats two people, it resembles the original Honda Insight of 2000 but delivers noticeably lower fuel economy -- despite the wide-ranging technology improvements of the last decade.
That original wedge-shaped Insight was rated at 65 miles per gallon in combined city-highway driving (a figure adjusted to 53 mpg after the calculation method was changed in 2008). The new CR-Z gets 34 mpg with a 6-speed manual transmission or 37 with a continuously variable automatic.
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