# Tokyo 2009: Honda CR-Z Hybrid Coming to North America Next Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 25, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830 "2009-10-25T09:42:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![indy440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/21 "2009-10-26T05:32:47Z")
> [@Vovchandr"](#): > > Actually to think of it. > > Didn’t they say it was going to be a 2 seater :ponder > > This is a “near production” concept so the amount of seats should have been finalized by now. I agree. But I foresee it being sold as a 4-seater. Even though the rear seats will be near useless, I suspect it will be easier for Honda to market as a 4-passenger vehicle… I hope I’m wrong though… Still an awesome car though, I want to know the MSRP… ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/22 "2009-10-26T07:29:59Z")
FINISH YOUR CRX AND STOP BUYING STUFF Sincerely, All of shift. But on another note 2800lbs??? thats alot for that little thing. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/23 "2009-10-26T08:18:49Z")
i dont like it outside as much, but the inside in the front looks awesome ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/24 "2009-10-26T10:22:04Z")
> [@pinks now](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pinks-now/24899/4): > > I agree. > > But I foresee it being sold as a 4-seater. Even though the rear seats will be near useless, I suspect it will be easier for Honda to market as a 4-passenger vehicle… I hope I’m wrong though… > > Still an awesome car though, I want to know the MSRP… again 4 seats in japan, 2 seats in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/25 "2009-10-26T11:12:13Z")
> [@FS: 12" apple powerbook G4](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-12-apple-powerbook-g4/24201/12): > > again 4 seats in japan, 2 seats in the US. You don’t know that for sure. For all we know, it could just be for insurance purposes like on a Porsche 911 and such. ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/26 "2009-10-26T17:05:28Z")
> [@Cossey"](#): > > You don’t know that for sure. For all we know, it could just be for insurance purposes like on a Porsche 911 and such. if it was for insurance purposes, the mk1, mk2 crx would have had rear seats as with the g1 insight… ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/27 "2009-10-27T10:02:25Z")
> [@Hang Your Cross"](#): > > if it was for insurance purposes, the mk1, mk2 crx would have had rear seats as with the g1 insight… Oh, I’m so sorry. :bowdown Honda God. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/28 "2009-10-28T06:48:51Z")
Anyone know a ball park MSRP on one of these? ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/29 "2009-10-28T06:53:48Z")
i can’t wait to drive one. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/30 "2009-10-28T08:44:31Z")
I can. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/31 "2009-10-28T12:21:06Z")
> [@Do you have a blackberry? Clicky](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-have-a-blackberry-clicky/25007/18): > > Anyone know a ball park MSRP on one of these? > Honda Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo has [confirmed](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_honda) that the [Honda CR-Z hybrid](http://www.soultek.com/clean_energy/hybrid_cars/hybrid_car_types/Honda_cr_z_hybrid_vehicle.htm) will go on sale early next year and that the **new hybrid will cost more than $20,000.** Sometime thereafter, according to Kondo, the [Honda Fit hybrid](http://www.soultek.com/clean_energy/hybrid_cars/hybrid_car_types/honda_fit_hybrid_vehicle.htm) will follow. That’s all I’ve got. It is a hybrid however, so don’t expect it to be on the cheaper side. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/32 "2009-10-29T07:09:42Z")
Yea I figured about $24k or so. The GF wants one, so of course I am talking her into it more. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/33 "2009-10-29T07:15:01Z")
Key factor with this vehicle is whether it can carry on with the fun to drive factor which made the original Si the icon. It’s almost got the right formula, a little heavy, a little costly but overall small and nimble. It just feels like they are trying to smash together the HF model of the original with the Si by putting a hybrid platform into it. I think it would be a best seller if they named the hybrid the Hf and made an Si model with K20 :wow ---
**Author:** ![crAppAchic0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crappachic0/32/6306_2.png) [@crAppAchic0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crAppAchic0)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/34 "2009-10-29T07:19:45Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/25072/8): > > I think it would be a best seller if they named the hybrid the Hf and made an Si model with K20 :wow Now _THAT_ would be well worth the +20K range… ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/35 "2009-10-29T07:22:55Z")
Tree huggers. ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/36 "2009-10-30T08:46:39Z")
On price by the way, I’ve seen 220 man (2.2 Million Yen to 2.3 Million Yen) on some Japanese websites. At the current exchange rate, that’s like 23-25K depending on strength of the USD/YEN rate. Pray for the dollar to get stronger… ---
**Author:** ![Damonspeeds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Damonspeeds](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Damonspeeds)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/37 "2009-10-30T14:13:20Z")
I work at a honda dealer and they hope to have the price between right around 25k but no officail word. I will drop the list price when it comes out for shift which should be in feb ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830/38 "2009-10-30T17:57:40Z")
That soon? This will be a car I’ll have to test drive. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tokyo-2009-honda-cr-z-hybrid-coming-to-north-america-next-year/247830.md?page=1)