⛽️ Haynes’ World: we buy a hybrid!

From: Haynes - Saturday Jun 25,2022 07:01 am

Haynes’ World is where we share stories of what we've been getting up to with our own cars, motorbikes and other vehicles. Some are decades old, others are more recent – but all of them get the same care and attention you lavish on your own vehicles.

This time: Honda hybrid comes to the rescue

Car: 2012 Honda CR-Z
Owner: Euan Doig

“Don’t get me wrong – I still love my Monaro (even though it let me down in fine style a while back, but that’s another story). The 5.7 litres of unstressed V8 never fail to raise a smile. But y’know, it’s a sad day when I need to check my credit rating every time I visit the petrol pump. And the car shows no sign of ‘reading the room’ and curtailing its thirst. Something had to be done.

Step forward my new Honda CR-Z. Oh yes. It’s a 1.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid, and over the past couple of months it has averaged 50.3mpg. Bring on plenty more of that, please.

I love how it drives, too. Hybrids often have a reputation for being like automotive cucumber – kind of good for you but utterly bland. Not so the CR-Z, which gets off the line briskly enough, has super-sharp steering and handles very neatly.

When it came out it was the world’s first hybrid with a manual gearbox, and that shift is a cracker. This all makes it good fun as well as being economical, so the Monaro hasn’t moved for a while (although just starting it and letting it warm through still uses plenty of unleaded!).”

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