This vs. That.
Much like the CRX, the CRZ was a “cheap” car, starting at around $20,000. That’s great until you realize that Honda’s own class leaders, the Fit and Civic, undercut it by several thousand dollars. So why is it cheap? That hybrid powertrain inflated the cost due to the relatively new for the time technology involved. The problem with that is that corners were cut elsewhere to shove that fancy hybrid tech in a low cost, low volume car. The interior wasn’t as nice as consumers were expecting, and for reasons unknown, U.S. market cars had the back seats deleted, and replaced with an area that couldn’t even by used as additional trunk space.