Honda CR-Z News

How do you make a sporty hybrid product even sportier?  Add more power, of course.  According to AutoExpress, Honda is reportedly working on a high output version of the already sporty Honda CR-Z hybrid.  The high output version is expected to carry the Type-R badge that symbolizes performance...

Euro Spec Version Adds a Two Plus Two Configuration

Before either car launched, the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Honda Insight were viewed as natural rivals. Would the third generation of Toyota's definitive hybrid be threatened by Honda's "least expensive hybrid", which too offered five doors and good gas mileage? What a difference a year makes...

The North American International Auto Show brings together automotive writers from around the globe.  Alongside many of the writers, at least those who attend during public show days, there are interested people.  Potential buyers are on scene offering their opinion about a particular vehicle or...

The 2010 Honda CR-Z hybrid is the first compact hybrid to go for a sporty edge.

Some Things Are Just Hard To Keep a Lid On

Honda fan-boys have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the upcoming CR-Z Hybrid for months. The Japanese automaker calls the CR-Z "that place in the universe where sport and efficiency meet." According to a Japanese brochure leaked to the Temple of VTEC, what many had hoped would be the heir...

Though Toyota has not confirmed anything officially, Japan's Best Car magazine is reporting that the company plans to reintroduce the Toyota MR2 as a hybrid model called the MR-S to compete with Honda's upcoming CR-Z hybrid. As Best Car reports, the vehicle will go on sale sometime after the CR-Z...

Building on the success of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid, which is close to sold out due to worldwide demand, Toyota is planning to add additional body styles to the Prius line. Now, the first details of those cars have emerged, and one new model will apparently be a two-door coupe that targets the...

Honda has the highest average fleet mileage of any volume carmaker selling in the U.S. market today. And it's had that distinction for many years. But in the face of the car-market meltdown, oil prices that have risen from $30 to $80 a barrel within months, and growing global environmental...

While the 2010 Honda Insight is the company's big hybrid news for this year, it's far from the only new hybrid headed to us from Honda. As we've noted before, Honda will launch two more hybrids in 2010 as 2011 models. Now, Honda has released photos of its "CR-Z Concept 2009" show car, to be...

According to Honda, the CR-Z hybrid will be the world's first hybrid sports car and will take on numerous other sports car when it launches next year. New pictures have been released showing an updated version of the CR-Z concept.  The concept vehicle will be on display at the Tokyo Motor Show at...

Japan's Best Car magazine recently released a new artist rendition of the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid.  The vehicle's depiction differs only slightly from the prototype version but some new info on the vehicle has been reported. The magazine implies that Honda will go with a modified version of the...

The Honda Insight is one of the most attention-getting new hybrids on the auto show circuit right now and its web presence just got a boost. Words of Hybrid gives anyone with a hankering for more Honda hybrid info a new destination. The site details the storied history of Honda's gas-electric...