CR-Z To Share Powertrain With Civic Hybrid: WR

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Tony, 12.11.2007 in Partner- und Mitglieder-Blogs, jpcnews.blogspot.com

Since being announced as approved for production

at the recent Tokyo Motor Show, Honda's CR-Z compact sports hatch has been surrounded by a veil of secrecy regarding it's powerplant. Honda is only saying that it'll be a hybrid, but Peter Nunn from Winding Road believes that he's got the inside scoop when it comes to what's under the CR-Z's bonnet.

An uprated variant of the Civic Hybrid's 1.3-litre petrol motor/electric motor combo is widely rumoured to be the top choice for the CR-Z, with predicted output being (hopefully) higher than the Civic's 87kW and 363Nm of torque. No word on what kind of gearbox will be available, but given that the Civic Hybrid is only available with a CVT automatic a traditional self-shifter may be out of the question. We'll see.

[Source: Winding Road

]
[Photo courtesy of Auto Express]
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