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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hondaBeater' date='Dec 27 2008, 10:51 PM
that's why the CRZ is coming our way.


The Insight can be dressed up a bit, but that is about all, it was designed to be a people mover, and that is what it is and looks like. The CR-Z is supposed to be the 1st hybrid that combines sporting fun and alternate power. And as I have said many times before, the 1st company that finally gets these two things added together and to market will be a sales winner.

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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Onehots2k' date='Dec 29 2008, 10:31 AM
^^They will. No worries. I wonder if it will be classified as a two or 4 seater?
It is a 4-seater.
Tons of pics out there showing a glimps into the back that shows 2 low-set seats.



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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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Thanks for posting the seats. They're a bit 911-ish but they are visibile and should help bring down the insurance costs a bit. Too bad Honda is taking so damn long!! Honda is continuing its tradition of sticking to what the concept looks like. I hope they continue it with this!!
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Onehots2k' date='Dec 29 2008, 12:46 PM
Thanks for posting the seats. They're a bit 911-ish but they are visibile and should help bring down the insurance costs a bit.
There are a bunch of videos from the car shows on youtube that show the seats too, in fact from what I have seen they will be usable. When you say 911 like that is sort of the same as early Prelude like, which were joke seats because if the person in the front seat did not have his seat so far forward his chin was on the dash, then the back seat person had to have no legs; the CR-Z seats actually look decent size.
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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The pic I want to so desperately see and have NEVER found one, would be what the hatch area looks like when the backs of the rear seats are folded down. This bad pic is as close as I have come to seeing inside the hatch.




I love the packaging of the CRX. Being able to drop the front panel, like the CR-Z's seat backs, and then removal of the upper privacy shelf revealed a HUGE amount of space inside the CRX, which is a key feature to me and I'm hoping like hell the CR-Z comes through with awesome useful space engineering, sort of how fantastic the folding rear seats are for the creation of space in the Fit.

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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by tantheman' date='Dec 28 2008, 06:11 PM
... next is CF hood and trunk to lighten it up a little.

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The trunk lid is so small that it might not do too much good.
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bhzAwQj4Yg

Just one of many
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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I cant wait H. I've been chatting with you about this damn car for over a year. I would look into creating a proper forum site for it if I wasnt so busy.
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tantheman' date='Dec 28 2008, 10:11 AM
I modified my Hybrid too, and have always thought it was cooler than the Prius.
HID, JDM bulbs, Navigation, bluetooth, back-up camera, next is CF hood and trunk to lighten it up a little.





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what kit is that? looks really nice
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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The CR-Z might make hybrids cool.... the insight will not. There is no way something as dopey as a Prius, even if it comes with a Honda badge, is going to ever be cool. Especially not now in 2009/2010. It wasn't cool ten years ago when the Toy, er I mean Honda, Priu... err not again I mean Insight... came out.
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