The union of performance and efficiency. The start of something beautiful.

The CR-Z is officially available for purchase at your local dealership. You can finally check it out for yourself—kick the tires, hear the exhaust note, shift the gears, push the 3-mode buttons, gaze at the light show that is the instrument panel and discover everything a hybrid is—and isn't.

Tabloid journalism meets Honda engineering.

Check out these photos of the CR-Z sport hybrid attempting an incognito entrance at the Port of Richmond in Richmond, California.

The CR-Z Exhaust Note Ring Tone

Most hybrid vehicles make a particular sound, or, rather, lack thereof. That’s not the case with the CR-Z. Despite the car’s hybrid chops it growls and revs more like a sports coupe than an “eco-mobile.” The CR-Z’s tuned exhaust note is something our engineers purposely developed and obsessively perfected. And we’re kind of proud of it. So we wanted to share it with you. While you can’t test drive the CR-Z and hear it purr from behind the wheel quite yet, you can have the throaty exhaust announce your next phone call, with the new CR-Z ring tone.

Mr. Honda—Engineer, Innovator, Visionary.

Some have speculated that the CR-Z is creating so much buzz because it embodies old-school Honda qualities. But what are those classic Honda ideals anyway? The answer lies in the Honda's origin.