{"id":519546,"date":"2010-04-07T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/07\/rumormill-more-powerful-honda-hybrid-coupe-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2010-04-07T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T19:27:00","slug":"rumormill-more-powerful-honda-hybrid-coupe-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/519546","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: More powerful Honda hybrid coupe in the works?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe<\/a>, Hybrid<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Honda<\/a>, Rumormill<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mugen Honda CR-Z – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nA mainstream hybrid that’s fun to drive. That’s a novel concept, to be sure, and one targeted by Honda<\/a> in the marching papers of its recent CR-Z coupe<\/a>, which is offered with a sporty six-speed manual gearbox and is supposed to be the spiritual successor to the much-loved CRX hatchback from the 1980s.<\/p>\n

We’ve yet to drive the CR-Z and we’re already questioning if the 122 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque on tap from its 1.5-liter VTEC four-cylinder with Integrated Motor Assist will be enough to qualify the car as sporty.<\/p>\n

According to Motor Trend<\/em>, though, Honda has a much sportier model waiting in the wings that would use either a V6 or a large 2.5 liter four mated up with the familiar IMA hybrid system. Citing rumors from Japan, MT<\/em> says the future car will be roughly the size of the Accord<\/a> coupe.<\/p>\n

In related news, that aforementioned V6 hybrid powertrain is reportedly slated for both minivans and SUVs for the American market. Further, Honda is currently working on an extended-range electric system similar to the one featured in the 2011 Chevrolet Volt<\/a> except using a capacitor-based energy storage system. If true, we can expect to see that system featured in a future Accord.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Mugen Honda CR-Z<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Motor Trend<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Rumormill: More powerful Honda hybrid coupe in the works?<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Honda, Rumormill Mugen Honda CR-Z – Click above for high-res image gallery A mainstream hybrid that’s fun to drive. That’s a novel concept, to be sure, and one targeted by Honda in the marching papers of its recent CR-Z coupe, which is offered with a sporty six-speed manual gearbox and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519546","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\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}