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An Old Friend Revisited: The 2nd Generation Honda CRX

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The second generation Honda CRX is a modern classic. It was previewed at the end of 1987, sold from 1988 to the end of 1991, and it was a fabulous little car with a superb lightweight (approximately 900kg) front wheel drive chassis (double wishbones up front and a multi-link set-up at the rear) and if [...]

CarThrottle Asks: What Are You Excited To Drive This Year?

Monday, April 26, 2010

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CarThrottle Asks: What Are You Excited To Drive This Year?

2010 is undoubtedly the year of eco-consciousness among automotive companies. I mean, there have been some exciting gas-guzzling debuts (hello, Audi R8 V10 Spider, 2011 Mustang GT500, and Ferrari 458 Italia!) but for the most part the focus of the industry has been on boring things, like diesels and hybrids and, god forbid, diesel-hybrids. Still, [...]

Honda CR-Z Type R In The Works?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Honda just introduced the CR-Z at this year’s North American International Auto Show. Needless to say, many were disappointed. Instead of a successor to the much-loved CR-X like it name implies, the CR-Z is more of a successor to the Insight. Could help be on the way in the form of a Type-R model? The [...]

Detroit 2010: Honda CR-Z is Slow, Averages 33MPG?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Detroit 2010: Honda CR-Z is Slow, Averages 33MPG?

Perhaps I’d gotten my hopes up a bit too much for this one. The concept of the Honda CR-Z sounded brilliant: tiny short-wheelbase two-seater, electric motor assist, 6-speed manual transmission, basically a combination of Honda economy and reliability with a bit of funkiness and fun-to-drive. But I’m just not so sure. The production CR-Z debuted [...]

Honda CR-Z Brochure and Specs Leak

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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One of the highlights of the recent Tokyo Auto Show (pretty much a home market Japanese-only show this year) was the Honda CR-Z Concept. The car first appeared at the 2007 show, but the model introduced at the show this year was supposedly a nearly 100% preview of the production model. That has proven to be [...]

MR2 Coming Back as a Hybrid?

Sunday, November 29, 2009

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Toyota has set its sights on producing some exciting new vehicles that will help it to connect with enthusiasts. Vehicles from Toyota have been criticized as appliances that don’t provide much in the way of excitement. For Lexus, the LF-A was introduced after a long development process, and the FT-86 Concept is destined for production [...]

Acura TSX Sportwagon Announced

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Honda hasn’t exactly been on a product rampage lately. Stylistically the recent cars from the Honda brand haven’t been hits, but even more lately than usual – the CrossTour Crossover in particular. The latest product from Acura, the ZDX crossover is good looking and seems to have the makings of a winning product inside and [...]

Mugen-Tuned Honda CR-Z Coming?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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While the spotlight at Tokyo was primarily focused on the Toyota FT-86 Concept and Lexus LFA, Honda made a performance introduction of it’s own – the CR-Z Concept. The CR-Z has been shown before in concept form, but this new one is very close to the one approved for production, serving as a preview. It’s [...]

You’re Doing It Wrong: Ivan The Terribles’ Civic

Saturday, October 24, 2009

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You’re Doing It Wrong: Ivan The Terribles’ Civic

At first glance, I thought this might be the new Mugen Civic Type R ULTIMATE EDITION (or whatever.) Upon closer inspection, well… Agghh, where do I even begin? I’ve seen my fair share of poorly modified cars, but this one takes the cake and runs with it. You can observe the full howling-VTec glory of [...]

We Are In The Golden Age Of The Automobile.

Friday, October 23, 2009

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We Are In The Golden Age Of The Automobile.

I’m sure this has been said during every era of automotive history at one point or another. Perhaps not during the mid-seventies, but otherwise technology continues to march on, and everything continues to get better. And the way it is now, and the way it’s going to be soon, is easily as good as it’s [...]