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Honda tries out "Live Every Litre" campaign for CR-Z hybrid

So far, Honda has framed the CR-Z hybrid with the joy of driving and values you can share themes. The latest message the company wants to sell the sporty with is that the car helps you "Live Every Litre," which strikes us as an odd phrase to promote fuel efficiency. As the spelling of liter hints at, this campaign is coming from Honda Motor Europe, which will outfit a CR-Z with cameras and allow European drivers the chance to get behind the wheel all over Europe. Filmmaker Claudio Von Planta will follow the car with his own camera and ... Read more →

Honda: Insight "too small," likely to miss sales targets, Fit Hybrid a 'struggle' Jeremy Korzeniewski

Honda Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo doesn't seem to think that the automaker will hit its worldwide sales goal of 200,000 Insight hybrids in its first year on the market. Why? In an ...

Honda's official CR-Z video talks driving experience, "values you can talk about with others" Sebastian Blanco

Honda is going right ahead and pushing the joy of driving meme for the new CR-Z, which is scheduled to arrive this summer. In a new promotional video by the automaker, some of the engineers who ...

Detroit 2010: Honda CR-Z promises to bring driving joy to the hybrid equation Jeremy Korzeniewski

After a few weeks worth of leaked images and brochure fluff, Honda has finally pulled the covers off its next new production hybrid hatchback. The Japanese automaker claims the CR-Z will bring ...

Yes, There's More: 2011 Honda CR-Z video captures leak out Jonathon Ramsey

As the 2011 Honda CR-Z gets prepares its assault on your heart and pocketbook, it is showing its face in more and more places. This time, the 126-combined-horsepower hybrid eco-runner has been ...

REPORT: Honda to premiere new small car concept at Delhi Motor Show 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has announced plans to unveil a new small car concept at the 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi on January 5. Just last week, Toyota made almost the exact same announcement, and both Japanese automakers are staying mum on any actual details. According to The Wall Street ...

Why - and how - the production CR-Z was changed from the concept 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the first time in its history, Honda invited a select group of North American media to visit its design studio this week after the Tokyo Motor Show. While we didn't get to see any secret new cars, we did get to sit down for a chat with Nobuki Ebisawa, general manager of global design for ...

Tokyo 2009: Honda CR-Z coming to America next fall with six-speed manual! 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda fans of all sorts have cause to celebrate today with the reveal of the 2009 iteration of the CR-Z coupe. In typical Honda fashion, this CR-Z remains a concept in name and detail only. What you see here is essentially the production coupe that will go on sale in Japan next February and then ...

Tokyo Preview: Near-production Honda CR-Z "Concept" unveiled 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the most highly anticipated new model releases scheduled to debut at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show would have to be the production version of Honda's CR-Z hybrid hatchback. First unveiled at the Tokyo show back in 2007 in concept form, the sporty two-passenger vehicle is slated for ...

Production Honda CR-Z hybrid coming to Japan in February 2010 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda's new CEO, Takanobu Ito, has finally announced the on-sale date for the company's next hybrid model, the CR-Z. The CR-Z coupe will go on sale in Japan in February 2010 with a launch in North America and Europe sometime later that year. The CR-Z was first shown at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ...

Rendering: 2011 Honda CR-ZX hybrid 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has said for almost two years that the very good looking CR-Z hybrid concept would make it to production. We've heard that the production version of the CR-Z would harken back to the original two-seat CRX and would be more aggressive and sporty than the 2009 Insight. Now, Japan's Best Car ...

REPORT: Honda considering two lower-cost hybrids 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

With news coming in that Honda isn't selling nearly as many Insight hybrids in the U.S. as it would like, it would seem the Japanese automaker could go one of a few different directions. It's possible that Honda could reverse course on hybrids and focus instead on incremental improvements to ...

Honda may introduce 2 new hybrid sports cars in the near future 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the introduction of the second generation Insight, Honda has recommitted itself to developing hybrid drive vehicles. We now have the Civic and Insight in North America and Japan will soon have a Fit hybrid as well. Honda has also confirmed that a production version of the CR-Z concept ...

Rumormill: 2012 Honda Civic details circulate 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to an article in Mag-X magazine (via Temple of VTEC), Honda is hard at work wrapping up the design for the next-gen Civic that's expected to debut in 2011 as a 2012 model. As is customary from Honda, the Japanese, European and North American markets are all expected to get their own ...

Rendered Speculation: Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, the most fuel efficient gas-powered car in this land was a version of the Honda CR-X. Back in the day, the CR-X was a small two-seat coupe based on the Civic and the HF flavor got EPA numbers of 41/50 mpg. Ever since the CR-X mutated into the now deceased Del ...

Honda CEO shares more details about new hybrid models coming next year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda announced its plans to introduce a new dedicated hybrid drive vehicle in 2009. The new hybrid would the first dedicated hybrid from Honda since the original Insight ended production in 2006. At his mid-year press conference, CEO Takeo Fukui revealed that ...

Honda's Prius fighter set for debut in 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hybrid car shoppers will have more choices than ever before in 2009 when Honda releases their new Prius fighter and the CR-Z hybrid sports car. Toyota has also publicly said that their next-generation Prius will go on sale in '09. Honda hopes to sell 100,000 of their dedicated hybrid family sedan ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Honda CR-Z hybrid concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Honda_CR_Z_hybrid_concept_unveiled_at_Tokyo_Motor_Show_Live_Pics'; Just earlier today we brought you a story about Honda's new dedicated hybrid model, which would be a more mainstream attempt than the Insight was. Will that model be Honda's CR-Z concept car ...


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