Back in 2007, Honda had revealed its Sporty Hybrid Honda CR-Z Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. Honda has kept its promise to launch the production version of Honda CR-Z Hybrid in early 2010. Honda has now unveiled the ‘CR-Z hybrid sports coupe’!
The hybrid cars which came out first were boring, bland and what not! Honda has decided to change all that with its next generation hybrids. It has decided to mix environment friendliness and driving fun.

For the sports car enthusiast, Honda CRZ is the world’s first hybrid sports car with a 6 speed manual transmission although you can still choose to order a hybrid with paddle shifts and CVT auto transmission.
‘CRZ’ is an abbreviation for Compact Renaissance Zero. This green fuel efficient car has a 1.5 liter i-VTEC engine with ‘Integrated Motor Assist’ which is actually a hybrid system. Although 25 km/liter from the vehicle is quite good, what blows your mind is the way the vehicle is styled. It looks futuristic, cool and sharp!
It is also the first hybrid with ‘NORMAL/ECON/SPORT’ driving modes. The ‘SPORT’ mode increases the gear ratios, steering and throttle response whereas ‘ECON’ mode brings the car into economy mode offering you maximum kilometers to the liter.
In Japan, the Honda CR-Z basic model is priced at 2,250,000 Yen and the top model at 2,500,000 Yen. It will be released in Japan first and then in other parts of the world. The price for other countries has not been decided yet.
The Honda CRZ debut comes at an apt time barely two weeks after arch rival Toyota recalled almost 44 thousand Priuses and other hybrid cars for complaints of faulty breaks and delay in response of breaks on bumpy roads and cold conditions.
Honda claims that the braking system of its Hybrids is different from Toyota and that Honda has not received any complaints in its hybrid models about braking. Honda plans to sell over 250,000 hybrids a year by 2010. Honda CR-Z is a global hybrid car that will make the gasoline-electric technology more available and affordable to sports car lovers.
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