If we've said this once, we have said it a 1,000 times.
The Honda CR-Z doesn't seem to make sense. Thankfully, others have rightly been pointing this out too. Granted, some reviews that 00Ras read h have changed the CR-Z from dog mush into a filet mignon.
For a car that claims to be a sporty hybrid, we've said from day 1 -- when the numbers were revealed -- it was not going to do either. It sure looks cool if you're into that kind of styling but then again people also like the television show, Jersey Shore.
Anywho, take a glance at The Truth About Cars trying to make sense of the 2011 Honda CR-Z.
After reading Tal Bronfer’s review of the Euro spec Honda CR-Z, I made arrangements to get a North American model for a week. The car arrived the same day that Michael Karesh’s second review of the CR-Z ran on TTAC. Instead of a third review, Ed and I discussed doing a comparison with an original CRX and seeing what CRX fans think of the CR-Z. Well, it didn’t work out that way
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There’s no question that Honda evokes the two seat coupe from the late 1980s and early 1990s in the CR-Z. I suppose the nomenclature skipped a letter in the sequence, but then who wants to drive a CRY? The similarities extend beyond some distinctive styling cues. The CRX was a sporty and economical car. The CR-Z is supposed to be sporty and green/fuel efficient. Honda marketing pitches the car as a “sport hybrid“. The CRX helped popularize the import tuning scene and the car is still much beloved amongst Honda performance and tuning enthusiasts. Honda is clearly pitching the CR-Z to the tuning market...
[Source: The Truth About Cars]
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