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This is the long-awaited Honda CR-Z, a car Honda claims is the reincarnation of its legendary CRX hatchback. It's a 122-hp hybrid two-door that ambles to 60 mph about as quickly as a Toyota Prius. Say what? More »
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The 26th race in LeMons history took place at Michigan's Gingerman Raceway last weekend, and we saw plenty of LeMons firsts. For example, the first one-speed "automatic" transmission, and the first twin-turbocharged, mid-engined full-size van. Madness! More »
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A Honda Civic has taken the win on laps at a 24 Hours of LeMons race before, but the Civic's two-seater cousin had never accomplished this feat... until today. More »
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Ever wonder what it's like to blow a clutch up huge? The driver of the "Baby Burrito" Honda CRX found out on the drag strip when his clutch exploded and took off the front of the car. Carnage clip below. More »
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We've seen more Civics, CRXs, and Integras than any other type of LeMons car, and we've learned two things: 1) They're well-suited to quick lap times on a race track, and 2) They blow head gaskets. They blow a lot of head gaskets. In fact, car-parts stores near LeMons events would do well to stock up on extra D15 and B16 head gaskets prior to the race. More »
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Honda wants you to believe that the CR-Z is the reincarnation of the legendary CRX. It should have been — and it even looks right — but it's no CRX. How do I know? I own one. More »
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Would you drive a CRX successor that'll hit 60 MPH in 9.7 seconds and returns 40+ MPG? We would, because those are the apparently official specs on the 2011 Honda CR-Z. More info, scans below. More »
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Just a few years earlier, Honda pitched its CRX as a fire-breathing hot rod, but by 1990 the marketers had decided to go cute. Thus, the sporty CRX is presented as the ideal car for long drives in Meth Country. More »
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Honda's not-quite-in-house tuner Mugen brought out a trio of tweaked Hondas and the best one is this wonderful 1984 CRX Mugen prototype. Oh, how far we've not come. More »
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Want to see a Civic tear Jodie Foster's skirt off? Incomprehensibly Japanese animations? CRX worship? All this and more, after the jump! More »
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Black flags have been waving, parts have been breaking, and we're witnessing an unprecedented Honda-Geo-Fiat battle for first place here at the first-ever Buttonwillow Histrionics 24 Hours Of LeMons. More »
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Japanese cars made up nearly half the entries at the Gator-O-Rama, with 44 out of 95 vehicles coming from the Co-Prosperity Sphere. Miatas, Celicas, and RX-7s galore, of course, but that wasn't all. More »
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Just finishing a single 24 Hours of LeMons race can mean a one-way trip to The Crusher after the race is over, as was the case with the Team Come From Behind Probe. After all, a couple days of metal-crunching, rod-throwin' action tend to be rough on a sub-$500 car. That's what makes the glorious career of the Eyesore Racing CRX so great; Soichiro's little 2-seater not only finished three races, it placed 7th at the October '07 Altamont race, 7th again at the December '07 Thunderhill event, and took the coveted People's Choice award (along with a respectable 18th-place ranking) at the May '08 Altamont race. However, even a Honda can't live forever, and team member Wrappedinbacon sends us this photo of Eyesore Pimpin's dearly departed race car. Jump to read his description and see the entire Eyesore CRX Greatest Hits gallery. More »
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While the American version of the Honda CRX could circle the globe in five seconds flat, late-80s robots were tearing up their prefectures in the Cyber Sports CR-X. Featuring a "1500 Hyper 16 Valve" engine and "Extra Window," the Cyber-Sports CR-X presented a terrifyingly accurate vision of the future. Looks like Jeff Beck cashed in with Honda, since there's at least one other CRX ad using his song. More »
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The mid-80s Kleine GTI was lots of fun, but those willing to sacrifice the back seat and go Japanese instead of German could get an extra 18 horses in a lighter chassis. We're talking about the first-gen CRX Si, and this ad shows that it could circumnavigate the globe in a mere five seconds. More »
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Some folks are satisfied with making a Honda Civicamino to haul motorcycles and leaving it at that, but others look at a fuel-sipping Honda and see a house! Here's a CRX with a nice hardwood camper shell (complete with with porthole-style windows) built in, which San Francisco-based reader Rob photographed for us. We're guessing the fuel economy took a hit, but it probably still manages to get 30+ MPG. Make the jump to see another photo and read Rob's description. More »
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There's a lot of talk lately about the skyrocketing value of the Geo Metro, what with high gas prices and all, but it seems that folks are forgetting about the astounding fuel economy of the Honda CRX HF. The HF got over 50 MPG highway and was orders of magnitude more fun to drive than the Chevy Sprint/Geo Metro, yet you don't hear much about it these days. I spotted this example, in the white/gray/red color scheme most mid-80s CRXs seem to have, parked just a few doors down from the VW Rabbit Diesel pickup and decided that 22 years and 50 MPG gives this car DOTS status, regardless of how many are still out there.
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After yesterday's announcement of the Hybrid Honda Fit and continuation of the Civic Hybrid, Honda has announced it will be building a hybrid version of the radical CRX inspired Honda CR-Z Concept. The hybrid will be slotted under the FCX-inspired five door and deliver sports car fun with a hybrid badge. We don't really care about the marketing, but we're just excited by the idea of compact, tossable high fuel mileage hot hatch. [Carscoop] More »
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Something that really jumped out at everyone upon arrival in the Altamont pits yesterday morning was the incredible themes some- in fact, most- teams applied to their cars and costumes. Your typical art-car gathering -with its plastic army men glued to 80s GM G-bodies- would be put to shame by the decor on the race cars and drivers that we saw assembled at this race. Even previous LeMons events couldn't compare. How could anything bad happen at such a gathering? Sure, such a sentiment doesn't have very solid logic behind it- yes, racing can be dangerous- but when you see teams with themes as elaborate as the Eyesore Pimps (formerly known as Eyesore Racing), the tendency is to feel that the risk doesn't apply. All of us are going to show up at the track today and try to regain some of the sense of absurdity that we know and love about this event; will keep you posted. More »
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After showing up to the bustling metropolis of Willows, California, we got some Camarones de Diablo at the Mexican joint next to the motel, then headed over to Thunderhill Raceway to see what manner of crazy person hardcore competitor would be wrenching on their sub-$500 race cars on a 40-degree night. In the rain. We're going to have to give our first Spirit of LeMons award to Team Dirty Drifters, whose Corolla's 3TC developed a rod knock during a practice run earlier. They'd already driven 500 miles down from Portland, then sent a team member another 170 miles to San Jose to buy another engine... which they'd probably start swapping back into the car at about 1:00 AM. Oh, and they also blew the differential. More »
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As we have been for a few weeks now, Murilee and I were discussing exactly what car we're going to run and win with at next year's 24 Hours of LeMons. We're going to keep our current top choice secret for now (no, you won't be able to figure it out — stop trying) but I can tell you that our back up is an early 90s police Crown Vic. However, Murilee keeps yammering on and on about how great the CRXs did at LeMons. Then the del Sol came up and he mentioned how much he hated it because it replaced the CRX. I had no such feelings as the one guy I knew with a CRX was an asshole and my head is filled with great college memories of being chauffeured around in a topless del Sol with my then girlfriend planted on my lap. Plus, in 1994 Honda fit their B-series VTEC into the oddball little roadster, giving the car 160 hp. And they really handled, even better than the CRX. What's not to love? But how do you feel? More »
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One of the best things about covering the 24 Hours of LeMons race is that some of the participants have been sending us their stories, photos, and videos. We got to see some great in-car video from the Team Santa Cruz Porsche a while back, and now the Carpet Pissers are going to micturate upon that which really ties the room together with their Dudeworthy 15-minute documentary film. Jump like a CRX trying to avoid radiator damage to watch the video, plus check out some bonus gallery photos... More »
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There's been a lot of talk among Los Jalops about the possibility of entering a car in the 24 Hours of LeMons race. Yes, we've been burning up the IM wires with our heated debates on the merits of various cars (a mid-80s Supra? A basket-case WRX available miraculously cheap? A P71 Crown Vic?), and you all even jumped in on the fun. But what it comes right down to is the fact that we want to win. And what dominated the track last weekend? Yes, BMWs and Honda CRXs. So, we've dug up one of each that squeeze under the $500 price barrier; feel free to knock-down-drag-out debate their respective merits and flaws. More »
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First of all, I'm sorry to disappoint anyone who interpreted the photo above as an indication that a late-70s Mercury Cougar and an early-70s AMC Hornet actually finished in the top 44 at the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Altamont over the weekend. They did not; I used this photo because I wish they had so triumphed. Second of all, I got plenty more photos to post of this Incredibly Jalop-Approved Event™, but it took me so long to prepare the ones you see below that you'll have to wait for later to see the rest. Jump like a gutted CRX sliding sideways into a tractor tire to see the Top 44... More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313355&view=rss&microfeed=true The new Honda CRX will be a hybrid, but will not be out until 2011. [Winding Road] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=277285&view=rss&microfeed=true It's hard to take the CRX seriously as a late-night mean cruisin' machine, oozing menace and so on. Blacked-out Mercedes full of Yakuza heavies with suspiciously bulgy overcoats and wafer-thin watches, yes. CRX, no. Yet, here's Honda, selling the 1988 Cyber Sports CRX with exactly that image, to a late-80s-cheeze version of "I Ain't Superstitious" for the Japanese market. Still, seeing one of the later CRXs makes us all depressed about the whole Del Sol fiasco. – Murilee Martin More »
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The Milo Minderbinders over at Winderbinder Road report that a new CRX is under serious consideration in the hallowed halls of Honda. Many of Los Jalops have gone on record expressing their love for the wee two-seater, which was unceremoniously dumped like sympathy prom date in favor of the resolutely feminine Del Sol. But with the success of the Mini and other conveyances of its ilk, the powerful dreamers think the time might just be right for a Fit-based revision of the classic mighty mite. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240514&view=rss&microfeed=true When first released in Japan, the two-seater Civic was known as the Honda Ballade Sports CR-X, an admittedly clunky name for what was actually an elegant little car. And what a car- I've had a couple of CRXs and I often self-administer boot to backside for having let them go; they're quick, cool-looking in an endearingly geeky way, and they sip gas through a cocktail straw. And now this Japanese-market ad makes the pain even worse. Warning: 80s Pastel Graphics Overload Danger! – Murilee Martin More »
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Crazy CRX - video powered by Metacafe More »
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Our buddy Luca at Eurocar Blog found a mess o' speculation on the German auto mag Auto Motor und Sport regarding three of Honda's forthcoming models. Exhibit A: The new Honda NSX will be a front-mid-engined, all-wheel-drive GT car, taking on, say, Aston Martin's coupes over the Ferrari F430 (plus, the VTEC V10 could be joined by a V8). What's more, a new CRX version of the new Civic could give the economy sport-coupe segment the what what, and a small, urban-oriented sport hatch could show the Mini-dominated segment a thing or two about small packages. With some of the best spies in the business, ABild's predictive accuracy is none too shabby. We'll likely know for sure by the 2007 Frankfurt motor show. More »
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In our mind, replacing the boy-racer CRX with the emasculated Del Sol was one of the more retarded moves Honda's made in its entire history. In 2007, they'll finally recify the error by bringing back the storied sportster, a staple of street racers and lovers of eco-friendly sporty-car fans alike. No other real news to be reported on the car as of now (including the number of seats), other than it will share a 197-horse mill with the Civic Si. We'll be interested to see as to where all of this slots in with the RSX. More »
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Owners of the zillionz of Honda Civics and CRXs built between 1988 and 1991 have two new body kits with which to transform their cars into the style leaders they could have been, or at least break the design tension Honda stuck them with. Global Motors created kit packages for the cars in two styles, the Vitesse Cabrio — a droptop designed exclusively for 1988-1991 Honda Civic Hatchbacks — and the Vitesse Coupe — for 1988-1991 Honda CRXs — starting at $4,500. We're partial to the coupe, which elongates the CRX's snub nose and adds a needed swoop to its rear. Click through for pics. More »
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