Teach me about the Honda CR-Z. Why did it fail?

>>17446693
a 2 seat hybrid with shitty milage. The Mugen K20 swap actually got better milage while perfroming far better.

>>17446693
They tried to make it fast and fuel efficient and in the end accomplished neither.

>>17446716
I get upper 30's to 40 in town. Better than I ever got with either VW TDI I had.

And the Honda was cheaper to buy... and 87 is cheaper than diesel.

It failed because people wanted a CRX. It failed because honda put in a shitty cam that cost it HP *and* mpg. It failed. But I'm not giving mine up.
Unless it gets recalled AGAIN, for the passenger airbags. Then fuck this thing and fuck honda forever.

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>>17446710
Sad for Honda. How many men at Honda killed themselves.

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>>17446693
it shares the same chassis as this uninspired turd, it never stood a chance.

>>17446863
>take CRZ body
>throw it on Fit chassis
>just a regular fucking civic engine, no hybrid shit

Literally all you had to do Honda.

I own one. Here are my thoughts and understandings.

the car was advertised as "sporty" car. but the american and european concept of "sport" is track-focused performance, sleek body lines. this car i a different definition of sporty. its fun to drive, has a huge cargo hatch, and is driver focused. This isnt a success for the current car market because if a car isnt fast, or all electric, or can seat 7 people, people dont see a use for it.

I use mine to commute, but I have fun doing it, which you can do with any car. It makes sense that it didnt work out. however, I love mine because it is a weird car, it isnt one you see everyday and is really easy to modify, huge aftermarket. i think in 15 years the crz will be memorable because it wasnt scared to be different. there are 86/brz/fr-s everywhere, they're already played out.

It's shit because of the torsion beam rear suspension

>>17446693
Hybrid

>>17448377
wait is this the same thread from last week. and the week before.

>>17448411
The universe broke anon, the flow of time is corrupted.

>>17446710
Imagine if the thing just shipped with the K20 in it and better suspension, it'd be hailed as a god machine.

I wish I lived in that timeline.

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>>17448377
It failed because it tried to be quirky but wasn't quirky enough.

Meanwhile the Veloster is a more memorable car, and will live to see another day in the form of a next generation, while the CRZ is ded.

>>17446693

It's a "sporty hybrid" that isn't sporty and doesn't get good mileage

>>17446693
Not a good sports car and not a good hybrid