Honda CR-Z
Nameplate overview. Specifications and evidence are scoped to individual model years and configurations.
Research coverage
2 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2016, with 3 listed configurations.
Coverage may be partial. A nameplate does not have one shared engine, price, safety result or recall status across these years.
General nameplate overview
Unscoped catalog background, not specifications for a particular year or trim. Review status is unknown except for the assertions cited below.
The Honda CR-Z is a two-seat sport-hybrid hatchback coupe that Honda sold in the United States from the 2011 through 2016 model years. Honda pitched it as a spiritual successor to the 1980s CR-X, and it remains an oddity in hybrid history: the only petrol-electric car of its era that could be ordered with a six-speed manual gearbox. A three-mode drive selector — Econ, Normal and Sport — changes throttle mapping, steering weight and the aggressiveness of the electric assist at the press of a button.
Power comes from a 1.5-litre SOHC i-VTEC four (Honda's LEA engine) working with the Integrated Motor Assist system, in which a thin electric motor sits between the engine and the gearbox. For 2013 Honda switched from a nickel-metal-hydride pack to a 144-volt lithium-ion battery and fitted a stronger motor, raising combined output to 130 hp and 140 lb-ft of torque with the manual (127 lb-ft with the CVT) and adding the Plus Sport S+ button, which dumps extra battery assist for up to five seconds.
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