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Honda CR-Z is positioned as a successor for the Honda CR-X. Both are categorized as the compact sports car, both front wheel drive and both do not need to have a big engine under the bonnet. If this is the 21st century CR-X, how good can it be? Read on the find out about this sporty car.

First off, the looks. The Honda CR-Z is definitely one of the good looking cars on the road, even sportier looking if you put on a good set of wheels and maybe the Mugen body-kit. The low bonnet, LED integrated daylight and the bullet design of the entire car certainly fit into the modern compact sports car requirements. It has 2 doors and seats at the rear. The rear part of the car is recognizable design cue from the Honda CR-X.

As we step inside the Honda CR-Z interior, the blue illuminance further embraces how modern sports car should look like. Advanced dashboards like this are usually seen only in concept cars. However, Honda had successfully brought this to a production vehicle like the Honda CR-Z. It may seem to be sophisticated at first glance with the numbers of buttons and informations displayed on the dash, but once you get used it after a while, you will love it.

There are 3 modes for select to change the way the ECU (Engine Control Unit) interacts with the engine, throttle control and air conditioning etc. In other words, there’s a “ECO” -mode to set your CR-Z to save the planet, a “Normal” mode, as well the rev-happy “Sports” modes that makes the car come to life by burning more fuel for performance. The dashboard changes colour instantly on the way you drive as well, green for good fuel efficiency driving, blue for moderate, and red means you are consuming a lot of fuel. The dashboard also indicates when does the hybrid system is charging the vehicle to its battery and the number of trees appear in the dashboard is to remind you how fuel efficient is you driving pattern.

The Honda CR-Z model we drove was equipped with a 6-speed manual gearbox, and Honda claims that it is the first of its kind to have a 6-speed manual gearbox on a hybrid car. The gear change is smooth and solid into each gear position. Powering the Honda CR-Z is the Honda’s 1.5L i-VTEC with IMA hybrid system that gives the CR-Z a 124ps and 174Nm of torque, not a number range you see in a usual sports car. Considering it is a hybrid and it is designed with the element of saving fuel, who says sports car need to be high horse power?

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The tale of the new 2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Sport will be launching in Malaysia is getting more solid now. According to our insider, the CR-Z is targeted to launch in Q2, 2011.

Fellow petrol head that in love with manual gear stick, you are in luck as Honda Malaysia will be importing the 1.5 Hybrid in Manual and maybe CVT transmission. Pricing wise, it remained as our estimation at the mark of RM120k.

For more information, refer to our previous post on: Honda CR-Z In Malaysia – KLIMS

Honda created Honda CR-Z with it’s passion to give its customer to experience a new kind of driving excitement and yet ecological friendly. The Honda CR-Z showcased in KLIMS ( Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show) 2010 has showed the Malaysia how Honda can achieve that with CR-Z.

Honda CR-Z is a car that looks sporty, makes people feel exciting and yet environmentally friendly. In order to plunges  this criteria Honda  new to apply its advanced technologies. The Honda CR-Z is styled as a 2+2 seater coupe, much a like the Volkswagen Scirocco. It looks pretty aerodynamic and carries the styling from its old brother the Honda CR-X.

Many may ask, what CR-Z stands for. As Honda define it,  the CR-Z  stands for “Compact Renaissance Zero”. It was an aim that represents Honda to back to square “zero” to take on a whole new idea to create a new sport compact vehicle without bothering a the usual means of  coupes.

The Honda CR-Z is also the first hybrid with a 6-speed manual, it was also awarded the Japan car of the year 2010 Executive Committee. The CR-Z interior is modern yet high tech looking, the dashboard is fitted with blue lights and various Multi informational displays.

The CR-Z engine is fitted with a 1.5 liter i-VTEC engine and Honda’s original electric motor system -Integrated Motor Assistâ„¢ (IMA) . The combine power in figure is, 122 bhp at 6000 rpm and 174 Nm of torque. While it may not sound as exciting as the Honda Type-R models. The exciting and green factor comes together. Some online reports claims that the Honda CR-Z did a 0-100km/h in 8.5 seconds.

With the information we received the Honda CR-Z best figures for fuel efficiency could reach 25 km/liter on the CVT gearbox model. Inside Honda CR-Z , driver may also select various mode depending on the driving style such as “Sport” for a more “revy” feel, normal as for normal driving and “Eco” settings will tune the whole car’s RPM, combine with the intelligence in the electric motor management module to achieve the best fuel save driving style.

Enjoy the video walk through of Honda CR-Z on display at KLIMS 2010.

As our Malaysia Government act of in support of Hybrid cars. The Honda CR-Z could launch in Malaysia with a good value. Our estimation value of Honda CR-Z  with the currently Malaysia Automotive Policy could by priced around RM120k.

Enjoy the Honda CR-Z Gallery of KLIMS 2010 Below!