Honda planning sub-Fit CRX hybrid?

[1931Chevy]

http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-pl...rx-hybrid.html

When Honda reinvents the sporty CRX for the 2011 model year, it will reportedly feature a hybrid powertrain under its hood, rather than a small, rev-happy motor like the first CRX, which was sold in the U.S. through 1991.

Winding Road reports that the reinvented CRX has been pushed back from '09 to '11 and that Honda's product planners have decided to make the updated CRX more like the now-defunct Insight. They also report that neither the Small Hybrid Sports Coupe concept nor the REMIX conceptwas a preview of the upcoming CRX, which will be shown in October at the Tokyo [FONT='Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT='Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif]Motor [/font][FONT='Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif]Show[/font][/font].

The original CRX was sold in two generations in the U.S. from 1984-91 and it featured 1.5-liter four-cylinder engines that ranged from 58 to 108 [FONT='Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT='Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif]horsepower[/font][/font]. The CRX truly was diminutive, measuring just 148 inches from bumper to bumper. The Fit, Honda's smallest car currently sold in the U.S., is ten inches longer but has four doors. The Fit isn't available with a hybrid powertrain.

[suburbanfoo]

why cant they just offer two different engines...? make both sides happy, sell a whole lot more too

[EldoFan]

I for one would love to see the CRX come back, would slot in perfectly below the Civic........with some improvements and updating (using all of today's adv. technology), that range of 1.5 four bangers could make it the crown jewel of the sub compact class.

That 'Small Hybrid Sports Coupe' on the other hand lookis like a UFO....almost as if Honda is trying to improve on what Ford did to the '96 Taurus......

Perhaps though........they can slap the CRX badge on that and then make a more conventionally designed version (with slightly bigger engines) and call it 'Prelude' ??

[genjy]

Originally Posted by 1931Chevy

Winding Road reports that the reinvented CRX has been pushed back from '09 to '11 and that Honda's product planners have decided to make the updated CRX more like the now-defunct Insight.

I've always considered the Insight as part of the CRX line. I think the Insight's designers had that in mind as well.

Now, the new hybrid Honda in question will continue the CRX line...

-Gen 1 CRX
-Gen 2 CRX
-Gen 3 CRX (Del Sol)
-Gen 4 CRX (Insight)
-Gen 5 CRX (???)