{"id":200433,"date":"2010-01-19T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T01:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/19\/video-honda-engineer-talks-cr-z-says-lotus-elise-was-an-influence\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T01:49:45","slug":"video-honda-engineer-talks-cr-z-says-lotus-elise-was-an-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/200433","title":{"rendered":"Video: Honda engineer talks CR-Z, says Lotus Elise was an influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTake a look at the specs and it’s easy to dismiss the 2011 Honda CR-Z<\/a> out of hand. Despite its hybrid drivetrain, the 1.5-liter four coupled with its electric motor churns out a lackluster 122 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque and only nets a combined 37 mpg. That’s far from enough to set enthusiasts hearts aflutter or goad hypermilers out of their Prius and into what’s essentially Insight 2.0 (ignoring Honda’s four-door Toyota-fighter for the moment).<\/p>\n

The only (cold) consolation for enthusiasts desperate for a CRX redux is a six-speed manual taking the place of the optional CVT. And we’ve yet to get an official curb weight for the NA-spec model. So…<\/p>\n

What was Honda’s mindset when it created the CR-Z? If you can believe the marketing frippery in the video after the jump<\/a>, it’s all about “fun-to-drive.” According to Terukazu Torikai, the chief engineer for chassis dynamics on the CR-Z, Honda benchmarked several vehicles during the development of its new hatch, and not only was Mini<\/a> mentioned a few times, Honda drove everything from the Volkswagen<\/a> Scirocco<\/a> to the Lotus Elise<\/a>. Torikai goes on to say that “the performance of the Elise kept on inspiring us throughout the whole development process.” That bodes well from both a handling and steering perspective, but we remain lukewarm on the prospects until we finally get a stint behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Hybrid, Videos, Hatchback, Honda Click above to view the video after the jump Take a look at the specs and it’s easy to dismiss the 2011 Honda CR-Z out of hand. Despite its hybrid drivetrain, the 1.5-liter four coupled with its electric motor churns out a lackluster 122 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}