The Honda CR-Z is a Japanese 2-door, 4-seat coupe hybrid sports car from Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Manufactured from 2009 to 2016. In addition to the Japanese domestic market, the CR-Z was sold in the USA and some European countries. The car became the first in the world among the hybrid modifications equipped with a manual transmission. In total, about 17 thousand cars were sold.
The 1.5-liter Honda L15A engine has been produced at the company’s plant in Japan since 2001 and is installed on such popular compact models of the concern as the Jazz, Fried or City. Three modifications of the L15A unit are offered: 8-valve i-DSI and 16-valve VTEC and iVTEC.
