{"id":200605,"date":"2010-01-19T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=49342"},"modified":"2010-01-19T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T02:04:04","slug":"video-honda-cr-z-engineers-say-mini-vw-scirocco-lotus-elise-were-benchmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/200605","title":{"rendered":"Video: Honda CR-Z engineers say Mini, VW Scirocco, Lotus Elise were benchmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49343 aligncenter\" title=\"2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2011_honda_cr_z_development_video.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Judging by the comments you made on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/01\/11\/2010-detroit-2011-honda-cr-z-makes-production-debut-goes-on-sale-in-2nd-half-of-2010\/\">2011 Honda CR-Z Detroit Auto Show debut post<\/a>, you guys don&#8217;t seem too impressed by Honda&#8217;s new hybrid hatchback. We haven&#8217;t driven the CR-Z (and probably won&#8217;t for a while), but we&#8217;re praying that its better than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2009\/12\/28\/review-2010-honda-insight-leaves-us-praying-the-cr-z-will-be-better\/\">Insight we drove last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Honda seems pretty keen on letting people know that the CR-Z will be fun to drive hybrid. In a new video released today, Honda engineers let us know what their inspirations were when producing the CR-Z hybrid.<\/p>\n<p>Some quotes in the video that may surprise you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We therefore wanted to realize the agile handling of the Mini&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>During the development of the CR-Z we have driven many cars and have also bought several cars for comparison and benchmarking &#8211; the Mini, the Scirocco, but also a Lotus Elise.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;&#8221;and set the body stiffness at a similar level to that of a Civic Type R.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Check out the video for more<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refresher<\/strong>: The 2011 Honda CR-Z is powered by a 1.5L i-VTEC mated to Honda\u2019s Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system. It produces a total of 122-hp and a maximum torque of 128 lb-ft when mated to manual transmission (123 lb-ft for CVT models). Fuel-economy is estimated at 31\/37 mpg (city\/highway) for the manual model and 36\/38 mpg for the CVT model. Sales begin in the second half of 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_010.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_010-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_040.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_040-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_012.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_012-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_018.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_2011_honda_cr_z_images_018-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-49342\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YDwGBhm3mlQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YDwGBhm3mlQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>2010 Detroit: 2011 Honda CR-Z<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623065590851%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623065590851%2F&amp;set_id=72157623065590851&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623065590851%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623065590851%2F&amp;set_id=72157623065590851&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>All Photos Copyright \u00a9 2009 Stephen Calogera \u2013 egmCarTech<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; 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We haven&#8217;t driven the CR-Z (and probably won&#8217;t for a while), but we&#8217;re praying that its better than the Insight we drove last month. 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