With the overwhelming stress upon the conservation of the environment and exponential rate at which the automobile manufacturers have been introducing cutting edge eco friendly vehicles, even the sports cars category that stands apart from the other segments has now been drawn into the race for the production of environment friendly sport vehicles.

Keep in tune to the topic, here is the all new Honda CR-Z from Honda Motor Company which has been one of the top names in the segments of luxury and sport cars. The CR-Z is hyrid sports vehicle, whose concept has been taken from the immensely popular Honda Lotus Elise. The idea behind the all new CR-Z, was to give the customers a that is not only environmentally safe, but also give the feel of a conventional sports car. The steering of the CR-Z is electric powered and the car the company spared no efforts in ensuring that the vehicle lives upto to the reputation of a sports car. During the development phase, the CR-Z was brought to Europe on several occasion, so as to test its road worthiness and to ensure that the car achieves the desired results.

According to Terukazu Torikai (Honda)

“We wanted to realize the agile handling of the Mini and easy-to-drive performance for daily use, which we believe we achieved. During the development of the CR-Z we have driven many cars and have also bought many cars for comparison and benchmarking: the Mini, the Scirocco but also a Lotus Elise. The performance of the Elise kept on inspiring us throughout the whole development process.”

Via Auto Car