Honda CR-Z
Honda unveils CR-Z hybrid concept
Written by Hot Hatch
CR-Z will ride on a shortened Insight platform, combining Jazz and Civic parts. This blend effectively shortens axle spacing by 115mm compared with the Insight, specifying CR-Z with a wheelbase 143mm shorter than a Scirocco, for instance.
Echoing the influential CRX of the late 1980s and early 1990s in design, CR-Z’s surfacing is decidedly wedge-shaped, with some detailing touches reminiscent of the current Insight. All things considered, the proportions appear near perfect and thanks to some vogue blue hued headlight cluster illumination it should appease the Tokyo night racing crown no end.
Powering the CR-Z will be a 1.5l in-line four-cylinder engine driving via Honda’s integrated motor assist technology – a petrol/electric hybrid drivetrain. Buoyed by battery power (unfortunately the underfloor batteries are nickel metal hydride units instead of more contemporary lithium ion cells) the drivetrain could easily produce 100kW of peak power.
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