2023年10月31日 · Talk to any fan of the second-generation CRX, and they’ll tell you that Barbados Yellow, Y49, comes with a curse. CRXs painted this color get in more accidents, they have trees fall on them, they’re stolen and never recovered. Honda discontinued Y49 for the 1991 model year, and the rumors swirl as to why. Was it unlucky? Radioactive?

2021年6月18日 · Basically, the Barbados Yellow color option offered briefly on CRX was claimed to be “cursed” and this post provides an explanation—for entertainment purposes only—of what that’s all about.

2011年3月28日 · i am about to get an 89 crx si in a trade for my 92 vfr. the crx is black now but in some of the pics from the guy i am getting it from you can see a coat of yellow under the black as he is sanding. other forum members had pointed out the yellow as a reason for some back luck he was having with the car. i have seen a few other instances of ...

While the 1980s second-generation CRX brought B16 VTEC power and excellent handling to many, being one of the first machines to usher in the sport compact tuning era, there is an urban legend that all second-gen CRXs painted Barbados Yellow hold a terrible curse that sees higher rates of crashes, unexplained damage, vandalism and general bad ...

2021年3月19日 · When you look at the original Honda CRX, there’s a few things you want to aim for when buying one: an Si, which adds enough horsepower to make a difference on a light-weight car like this, and an awesome 90s color like Barbados Yellow.

2020年11月29日 · The rarest and most desirable models appear to be early blade silver CRX Si, Barbados yellow Si, and the one model year only Tahitian Green Pearl 1991 Si. Notable, the “updated body style” Barbados yellow was only available in 1990, making it the rarest specific color combination of the rear disc brake US Spec ED9 chassis.

Y-49 was the Honda paint code for Barbados Yellow, a color option the CRX hatchback had when it was new about 30 years ago. And, if you believe the mythology, it’s cursed.

2022年11月30日 · Among Honda models made in the 1990s, one of the rarest specs you can get is the CRX or Prelude clad in Barbados Yellow paint. This is the car you saw in the showroom in 1989 or splashed across the centerpiece of the model brochure.

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2021年6月22日 · For people who don’t have Honda paint codes memorized (people with lives), Y-49 is the paint code for Barbados Yellow. Legend has it that Honda CR-Xs in this color are cursed. Car Bibles point the legend’s origins to a particularly wacky Oocities site.