Tell me about this CRX
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Old school Honda Civic CRX (early 90's). Pretty much started the Honda, "ricer" movement. Was referred to as Honda's "pocket rocket". Sold pretty well for them, back in the day.
More info can be found here,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX
More info can be found here,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX
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Old school Honda Civic CRX (early 90's). Pretty much started the Honda, "ricer" movement. Was referred to as Honda's "pocket rocket". Sold pretty well for them, back in the day.
More info can be found here,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX
More info can be found here,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX
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Can't make out much of the writing on the right, except for "CRX" and "81 Exclusive", but, First, the obvious....it's a right-hand drive model for either the British/Australian or JDM markets. Second, from the headlights, it's a 2Gen model, not 1Gen. Third, though I'm not positive about that, it appears to have Recaro seats inside. Fourth, the alloy wheels indicate it is probably an Si derivitive. Fifth, it seems to have a tiny rear seat (totally unfit for adults) or package shelf, which is quite unusual for a CRX.
Last edited by mmarshall; Oct 28, 2009 at 08:29 PM.
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No,, all of them did not come with the glass roof. Was a factory ordered item only. It actually looked pretty cool when it was ordered that way, but very few of them were, in the states if I recall. There was some concern over the all glass roof not meeting safety standards(roof not holding up in case of roll over,,glass putting occupants in danger if shattered), and since the car was soo low to the ground, just about anyone could look inside of the car from all angles. I don't know if it ever passed safety regs or not, but am assuming it did, since I remember seeing a very limited few floating around in the streets, back in the day.
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The CRX is a great car. Back in the day it was the sporty honda. The guys in LA used to work those things. They are so light that it makes a great platform for tuning. Imagine this platform with a K series motor and some chasis reinforcement
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No,, all of them did not come with the glass roof. Was a factory ordered item only. It actually looked pretty cool when it was ordered that way, but very few of them were, in the states if I recall. There was some concern over the all glass roof not meeting safety standards(roof not holding up in case of roll over,,glass putting occupants in danger if shattered), and since the car was soo low to the ground, just about anyone could look inside of the car from all angles. I don't know if it ever passed safety regs or not, but am assuming it did, since I remember seeing a very limited few floating around in the streets, back in the day.
I've seen many CRX models over the years (one of my best friends once owned two of them, an XF and an Si), but I've never seen one with a glass roof. As you note, there (apparantly) were very few of them in America. And not surprising, seeing as how the one in the picture is a right-hand-drive model.
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A little googling
it would be either the Asia-market "CR-X Exclusive" model or the Asia-market Si-R model. Probably the Exclusive, because it truly is. Solid glass roof panel (not a sunroof - the entire roof panel is smoked glass), beige leather interior, automatic climate control, power windows, mirrors, and door locks, heated seats, cruise control, etc. Not one of those things was ever offered in the U.S., except as aftermarket accessories.
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The CRX, even in Si trim, did have one minor handling flaw, though.....at least on the ones I drove. They all came with non-power steering, which made for a delightful steering effort/feel, but the non-power steering rack had a slower ratio than most power units, which, together with FWD, meant noticeably slower steering response than with its main rival at the time, the Mazda Miata. Other than that, it was a blast to drive.
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I've sat in the rear seat of it before, it's not too bad, a bit smaller than my 97 talon;s rear seats with less head room... but that's due to me being a small Chinese, but typical height and size of avg Japanese imo...
