The Honda CRZ is an impressive car in the line-up of Honda,
and the abbreviation CRZ, refers to Compact Renaissance Zero. It is a hybrid
gasoline electric automobile, which was planned and developed for production by
the Japanese automaker Honda. The body style of the car is hatchback. Initially
CRZ was released as a concept car by CEO of Honda Takeo Fukui on 23rd of
October, 2007 at the Tokyo Auto Show held in 2007. Honda CRZ was first produced
in America at the Detroit North American International Auto Show held in 2008.
It uses the Integrated Motor Assist System of Honda. Two hybrid concept cars
were introduced after the production of CRZ. One is Honda Remix, which was
released at the Los Angeles Motor Show held in 2006. According to the reports
of Automotive News Europe, Honda plans to flatten the production of CRZ in the
year 2009 or 2010, initially in Europe, before elaborating the distribution and
production to other nations of the world. The approximate cost of the Honda CRZ
is 25,000 Euros and primarily pitched to the markets of Europe. The cost of the
car will be 28,000 Euros along with higher trim models. Due to the importance
of Honda CRZ on the continent of Europe, Mark Turner of Honda UK says that
there will be a lot of influence by Europe on the final stage of design of the
car.
Confirmation about the production of Honda CRZ was granted
at the 2008 end of the year speech, which was given by Takeo Fukui. The Acura
Legend, which is famous as Honda Legend in many countries outside the Canada,
China and USA, was one of the initial model cars from the Japanese
manufacturer. Soon the car was replaced by its follower the Acura CL model in
1996. The transmission speed was about 4-speed automatic and 5-speed manual
system. The length of the vehicle was 189.4 inches for the sedan and that of
coupe was 188 inches. However, in the 1989-90 models, the coupe was lengthened
a bit, stretching it to about 190.6 inches. The width of the sedan model was
increased from 68.3 inches to 68.9 inches to make it more spacious in 1989. The
coupe width was 68.7 inches. The height of the sedan and coupe was about 54.7
inches and 53.9 inches respectively. The initial sedan Legend had performance
of 151 hp but in coupe, it was a bit more with the 161hp engine. Due to the
speed and high performance the Acura Legend was awarded with the "Import
car of the Year 1987". The Bose sound system, vehicle monitoring and
computer trip were other notable features of the model. The second generation
Legend model hit the market in 1991 and continued till 1995. the 6- speed
manual transmission, KA7 chassis, 200hp v6 engine, larger space, streamlined
looking, hand free telephone system, leather and advanced front seats,
automation in climate control system, 4-wheel anti lock and ABS disc brake and
seat-belt for passengers were some of the notable and advanced features of the
second generation Acura Legend models.
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