2011 Honda CR-Z - Honda's Hybrid Answer to the Prius

This year's CR-Z is designed to be the heir to the Insight and to gain control of the hybrid market. For most of the first decade of the Twenty-first Century sales of all Honda hybrids fell far short to those of the Prius alone. Unsurprisingly, Honda hopes that the 2011 CR-Z will be the answer to their prayers.

From the outside, the 2011 CR-Z is squat and menacing but with a huge, clear hatch lid that continues to be modern even though it seems to have been taken straight from the old Insight. The CR-Z's device panel's structure, lighting and style, which create the revolutionary internal look while staying true to Honda's obsession with the functional.

All in all, the CR-Z seems to straddle the fence between green and boy-racer without completely perfecting either. Despite this reality, the CR-Z is an eye-catching ride with modern style hints within and without. Perhaps the best aspect of the CR-Z visual is discovered in the style of the back hatch out and over-sized taillights.