2014年1月1日 · In this installment of Ate Up With Motor, we examine the history of the 1984–1991 Honda CRX (née Honda Ballade Sports CR-X) and its erstwhile successors, the del Sol and CR-Z. THE RISE OF HONDA. The growth of Honda as …

2014年1月1日 · The history of the sporty Honda CRX (also known as the Ballade Sports CR-X) and its erstwhile successors, the del Sol and CR-Z.

2014年1月1日 · Continuing Honda’s quest for fuel economy bragging rights, the CRX HF was retuned for 58 hp SAE (43 kW) and 79 lb-ft (107 N-m) of torque and given various tweaks that yielded 54 mpg (4.4 L/100 km) on the contemporary EPA combined cycle (46 mpg on the post-2008 scale, equivalent to 5.1 L/100 km).

2014年1月1日 · The 1984–1991 Honda CRX is rapidly becoming a cult car. A fair number of weathered and battered survivors are still in service as daily drivers, but good examples are being snapped up by collectors and tuners, who seldom hesitate to install the hotter twin-cam engines the factory did not.

2009年11月28日 · A recession early in the decade, combined with higher prices and rising insurance premiums, caused sales of most two-seat sports cars to drop precipitously. By the late nineties, the Honda CRX, Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7, and Nissan 300ZX were all dead or gone from the U.S. market.

2024年7月20日 · AUTHOR’S NOTES. You can purchase the author’s notes for this article — a 21-page, 8,500-word document (revised extensively on August 16, 2024) with section-by-section annotations containing additional discussion and references — from the Ate Up With Motor Patreon shop: Ford Cardinal/Taunus 12M Author’s Notes (rev1) (This is also a great way to …

2024年11月13日 · Summary. From 1980 to 1986, BMW offered a special turbocharged version of its flagship 7-Series sedan called the 745i. The turbocharged six-cylinder engine was supposed to be a more economical substitute for a 4.5-liter V-12 BMW developed in the 1970s, but its fuel consumption was still high, and it performed best at very high speeds.

2013年1月29日 · Funny you should mention that, as I’ve been seriously considering doing either the early S600/S800 or the Honda CRX.

2014年3月23日 · Compact Cult Classic: The 1984-1991 Honda CRX; High-Tech High Roller: 1981–2001 Toyota Soarer Z10, Z20, and Z30; Rabbit Rocket: The Volkswagen Golf GTI and Rabbit GTI; RX-Rated: Mazda’s Early Rotary Cars, Part 1; RX-Rated: Mazda’s Early Rotary Cars, Part 2; Soaring High: The Lexus SC and Toyota Soarer Coupes

2024年11月24日 · (Toyota licensed Honda CVCC technology in the seventies for certain engines, and later licensed — either directly or through Nippon Denso — Bosch lambda feedback controls.)