Goodnight Oppo!

Kinja'd!!! by "Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
Published 03/14/2017 at 22:17

Tags: Goodnight ; Honda ; CR-Z ; Honda CR-Z ; Race Car
STARS: 1


Kinja'd!!!

You have to admit that this CR-Z is awesome. Is also an SSR M/// as indicated on the front bumper.


Replies (8)

Kinja'd!!! "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/14/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 2

The cr-z could have been awesome

Kinja'd!!! "InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
03/14/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 1

It looks so happy.

Kinja'd!!! "Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
03/14/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 0

More awesome* Seriously though, it could have been much more, I agree.

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
03/14/2017 at 22:36, STARS: 0

I guess they went from CRX to CRZ because CRY? Can’t cry.

Kinja'd!!! "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/14/2017 at 22:47, STARS: 0

Well if only the hybrid in it was more like 918 hybrid than Prius hybrid.

But hey, they did offer a manual on it.

Kinja'd!!! "gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
03/14/2017 at 22:48, STARS: 0

I was on board with the look and the size, I just wish they did something to push forward the idea of a hybrid hot hatch, i.e. a 230hp K20 engine w/ hybrid system to fill the missing low-end torque of the engine.

Obviously this comes from a mind with absolutely no knowledge of auto engineering and no idea if a hybrid K20 is possible, but then again, I’m not a large automaker, either. 

Kinja'd!!! "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/14/2017 at 22:48, STARS: 0

should have been none hybrid. None-hybrid would have been great.

Kinja'd!!! "bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
03/15/2017 at 06:32, STARS: 1

So the way Honda’s hybrid system works is, instead of the flywheel, you have an electric motor stuffed into the bellhousing. That’s it. Upshot is, a K20 is absolutely possible.

Also worth noting that the hybrid system added 11 peak system hp to the 2011-2012 model, and 19 peak system hp to the 2013-2016 model.

Here’s how I would’ve done the CR-Z model line, though.

Honda CR-Z HF: Stripped-down lightweight model, with either the LDA (1.3 liter) from the Insight (for 98 system hp) or something smaller - maybe the L12A?

Honda CR-Z Si: K20A4 from the Accord Sport. 198 hp to start with, so you end up with something like 209 hp before the refresh, and 217 after.