DRIVEN: Honda's CR-Z Gets Taken For A Spin In Tokyo Traffic

AutoWeek reports:

Honda must be happy with itself right now. The recently released CR-Z hybrid sports-eco car has racked up 10 times the sales Honda was expecting, with 10,000 cars being snapped up at dealerships across Japan. With Honda's Formula One retirement, as well as its halting development on the next-generation NSX, this is just what the company needed to shift its home profile in the right direction.

The CR-Z is Honda's new hybrid, with a six-speed manual transmission. We couldn't wait to try it, but Honda didn't want to give us a car to drive ahead of the official U.S. launch this summer. So we took matters into our own hands and dropped by a Tokyo dealership to take a spin...

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theoptimisticpessimist - 4/16/2010 8:35:09 PM

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"10 times the sales Honda was expecting, with 10,000 cars"

The were expecting only a 1000 Sells? Yep their sand bagging those numbers for press.