So after checking out the specs on the new CR-Z, I’m as disappointed as you are about what should have been a true successor to the CRX. The good people at Jalopnik agree:
…it’s a perfect example of product Fail, and on a personal level, it’s one of the greatest vehicular disappointments in recent memory. How can I say this without having driven it? Easy: I can read a press release, and I own a 1988 Honda CRX Si. The Si is a 2000-pound, 100-hp wonder, a manic, front-wheel-drive snotrocket that can crank out 35 mpg and make any winding road its bitch. The CR-Z is a wildly different machine. It weighs 2800 pounds. It’s rated for 37 mpg on the highway, which seems impressive until you remember just how tiny it is. And while its 1.5-liter hybrid four can be mated to a six-speed manual, it also makes just 122 hp.
Sigh…maybe Japan will get a Type-R version that will be exactly what the US wish that it got.
it just leaves a basic shell for us car guys to find a way to swap in the k series.
kinda heavy though for such a small car.
It is quite heavy. It would make more sense to just get an old Civic from the junkyard first. Hell, you could use a Fit as shell since they are much cheaper and are also lighter.