By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Now that the Honda CR-Z is finally hitting dealer lots here in the US, I’ve started to take quite an interest in the little car. I was browsing the CR-Z section of Minkara earlier today when I found this white car dropped on Buddy Club dampers and equipped with 17″ Volk TE37 SL’s. Looks great doesn’t it? The owner of this car also has an awesome AE86 Levin, so you can expect to see some cool things here.

-by Mike Garrett

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

RJ De Vera is building this awesome CR-Z for WRAPTIVO, and Jon Sibal did the rendering. Will be cool to see it in person at SEMA! Read the press release after the jump!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Neil Tjin has partnered with Fortune Motorsports to build a Honda CR-Z for SEMA. They’ll be documenting the build here on CarDomain, so stay tuned! Press release after the jump!

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By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

As we are starting to get inquires over here to import CR-Z tuning parts for clients, the excitement over the North American release of the CR-Z is starting to grow. Tuners in Japan have had the car for some time now and the internet has shown us numerous examples of tuned CR-Zs. However, this is the first example I can think of using forced induction.

HKS Japan has been on a heavy promotional push lately for their GT Superchargers. All of the current talk in Japan is showing some momentum for supercharger popularlity to gain marketshare compared to turbo cars. In fact there are even some pretty wild examples of HKS GT supercharged JZA80 Supras in Japan pushing respectable power (500hp range). The idea of a supercharged Supra seems really nuts to me since the car is one of the most famous uses of a turbo charged setup in modern car history. Yet the value of supercharges always creates a good and interesting argument between the merits of going SC or Turbo. While there is no proven correct answer, the line continues to get blurred as a lot of current superchargers start to look even a lot more like turbos.

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By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

While the tuning world waits for the release of the Toyota FT-86, the CR-Z is quietly becoming the latest hot tuner car in Japan. Already HKS has outfitted a CR-Z and run the car at Fuji Speedway (I suspect quite slowly). As an old Honda tuning lover, I cant help but get a little excited seeing the evolution of the beloved CR-X with this CR-Z. I never really imagined a CR-Z existing back when I first started modifying my Honda Prelude…and you know what, I have to admit the CR-Z looks pretty cool to me!

At the moment Mugen as expected has the jump on the CR-Z tuning as they already have released a complete tuning package. At the moment Mugen has come out with a full aero kit, suspension, wheels, an intake and a very curious looking exhaust.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Honda’s new CR-Z has only been on sale in Japan for a couple of weeks now, and already tuners are jumping into the fray to see what they can do with the “Sports Hybrid”. Spoon’s CR-Z has already been outfitted with uprgaded brakes, suspension, wheels, an exhaust system and an ECU tune. Seems quite promising so far. Spotted over at Autoblog

By Mike Garrett

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This car will be unveiled as a “concept” at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, but it’s very close to the production vehicle that will hit showrooms in 2010. With styling that artfully mixes cues from the old CRX with the new Insight, this high-tech hybrid will be available with a six speed manual transmission, making it a green car that enthusiasts could love. More pics at Autoblog

Honda showed off the CR-Z concept at the Tokyo Motor Show last month. This possible successor to the greatly-missed CRX is powered by a four banger gasoline engine with Honda’s integrated hybrid drive. Looks like a winner to me. More at Road & Track.