CR-Z CVT (JP)

STORY

Honda showed the CR-Z as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show that ran from October 27 to November 11, 2007, and began selling the production car in Japan on February 26, 2010. It combined a 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine with the Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system, and Honda's release called its 6-speed manual the world's first on a hybrid, a claim the release footnotes as in-house research. Honda said the name stands for Compact Renaissance Zero. In June 2016 Honda announced that production would end that year and offered a Final label special edition at 2.8 million yen in Japan.