Fast & light - the Honda CR-X Story
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- When Europe produced hot hatches in the 80s it was cars like the Renault 5 Turbo and the Ford Fiesta XR2 - great cars that took the regular hatchback and added more power and better brakes. Over in Japan Honda took a different tack. They crafted a new, very low drag shape for the existing Civic. They also removed a lot of weight. Together with a range of powerful yet efficient range of engines they created a car with great handling, acceleration, and fuel economy that had more in common with the MG Midget than the MG Metro. Some car journalists heralded it as the future of compact sports cars. So, was the Honda CR-X God’s gift to small hatchbacks or did it have its flaws, and what the heck happened with the third generation car?
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I didn't own a CRX, but I had access to an '89 Si as a 'demo' when working at a Honda dealership as a salesman. It had incredible power and handling, and felt like a much more expensive car than it was. The little glass panel in the back did help with rear visibility, but not by a whole bunch. That car had near-perfect handling, but it was subject to lift-off oversteer, something that really caught me by surprise the first time it happened (!) Thanks for another informative and enjoyable video!
I have a gen 2 VTec CRX. One of the best cars on the rd back in the day. A great engine with power and 50 mpg. I found the small rear window quite good for reversing etc.
I have a ´89 euro Si, which has the 1.6 DOHC non-vtec 131hp engine. It's my only car, very handy even for hauling some stuff, since half of the car is basically cargo room.
It is very fun to drive, and keeps up with the traffic, even outruns some poor modern cars. It must have been nuts in the 80s.
Our family had a ´86 1st gen CRX too, it was very fun to drive as well.
Visibility in the 2nd gen is great, I've never seen a car with better visibility.
@@artoodiitooi have the jdm version with the glass top. love these cars!
The 87-91 CRX still looks amazing
I am driving a Crx for the last 20 years ;-) Own 2 cars, fixing up my 1991, driving my 1989 now.
Thank you so much for this video!
Where noobs can start learning about owning CRX and if it possible to buy one in a good condition ‘89-96?
I owned a 91 CRX Si while stationed in Germany. Enjoyed it immensely more than the 10 year old BMW 528 it replaced. It was quicker, faster, more economical, reliable, practical and yes... comfortable than the old Beemer. I think the rear window was kind of a nod to the Fulvia. The bar was barely noticeable to me and made parking in downtown Frankfurt or Wiesbaden a breeze. The perfect car at the perfect time for me. Meinen Roter Blitzwagen
Too bad they don't make this kind of cars anymore ! I loved the 2nd generation, to me it was a very good looking car with a extraordinary engine (VTEC).
760kilo car. When cars were…. Just cars. Magical.
I absolutely love my 1991 CRX. My current 200hp 2.0 VTEC motor and limited slip differential really completes the chassis along with better brakes, suspension upgrades and tires.
200hp with that weight is perfect
@@TornadoOfSouls777 Yeah, I feel like it's quite an optimal amount of power. Also the bump up in engine displacement made a huge improvement on low and midrange torque and power and made the car way more fun to drive. Surprising part is that the fuel economy didn't change almost at all from the factory original 150hp 1.6 VTEC motor.
@@rADIOLINJA is that with a B20 block? That was my ideal route with my MK2
I don't know where you got the idea that in 1987 Honda powered the top 3 teams in F1. Only 2 teams had Honda engines: Williams and Lotus. They finished first and third in the construction championship. McLaren finished second, but was powered by a Porsche/Tag engine.
VTEC meaning - Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control
Competition for the CRXs would also be the Nissan NX with its T-Bar roof, and the Mazda MX3, a FWD coupe variant of the 323 (shared the MX5’s engines).
MX3 was nice, but I'll bet it was much heavier than the CRX. V6 version too.
I had a 2nd gen (1988) CRX with the 16-valve 1.5, TBI, and a 5-speed. There was no back seat. I got 32 MPG in town and 41 on the highway. The prior owner had put Acura hubcaps on it so everyone thought it was cooler / more expensive than it truly was.
I was single, no kids, ending my time in the military and going to college, so it was a good fit. I never had any trouble finding a parking space for it, as it was so small. Drove it all over the USA, which was a real treat since it didn't have cruise control.
I nearly had my driver's license suspended because I got so many speeding tickets in it. It didn't accelerate very quickly (the SI, with the larger engine and MPI, was better for that) but it just kept accelerating and accelerating, very smoothly, until you ended up 20+ MPH over the speed limit and ... oops. Deceptively fast little ride.
I intentionally got it up to 110 MPH, late one night, before I backed off. Luckily, no tickets on that run. But the engine and suspension were still perfectly smooth at that speed. I wanna say it would've hit the 135 on the top of the speedometer without issue. There was plenty of room left on the tach.
It had 250+k miles on it when it finally hit "tired iron" status, I had difficulty buying a working ECU for it, and I had to send it to the junkyard.
A video about one of my favorite cars on one of my favorite channels is the best thing i could ask for in a Friday, so glad the CRX is getting the recognition it deserves. Keep up the great work❤
I must be weird as I was mostly fascinated with the 1984 Civic Hatchback with it's all glass looking tailgate :)
Sadly , me too , i now own 3 , a daily driver , a track build and a donor car haha
It’s like a greenhouse. Very easy to see out the rear. Parking is easy as.
Those were great cars - I always wanted a first or second Gen.
Had a gen 2 CR-X in the 90s.I was young, and I loved this car. I missed it immediately after they day i had to put it in the junkyard. Rust was the main issue with these toys.
Best. car. ever. Miss my MK1 1.5i...
I had a first gen CRX. It was a bullet on wheels. The whole front fenders and hood were plastic, great for weight savings but terrible in a collision.
Why can't we get modern cars at 760kg? What is the lightest practical car currently on the market?
CRX was known as "coffin on wheels", so light carosserie if you crash they burry you with it. just repeating common "knowledge" back then. Open any MaxPower magazine from 90s
The new MX5 is the same weight more or less as the old MK2 CRX at 1,058 kg vs 1010 kg for the CRX.
750kg is pretty hard to achieve with modern safety regulations I think,
@@rcajavus8141 might take any advice from MaxPower with a pinch of salt though... I can't see how they would be any worse than most 80/90s hot hatches. It was known for lift off over steer but it wasn't the only FWD hatch with that rep.
Suzuki Ignis is 795kgs in base trim. Uses high tensile steel which is very light. Not a performance car but produces excellent economy without a fancy engine or box. Albeit, later ones are hybrid.
Safety stuff. Thicker pillars, better structural ridigity, etc. Cars are much safer nowadays, but there's a price to pay: added weight.
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If only we got the Civic SiR in europe, you would have definitely chosen that one!
Well, we got 1.6i-VT and later the VTi :)
that's normal with lighter weight cars which generally Japanese cars are lighter than US/German cars of same type take for example a 1965 Buick Skylark GS which weighed 3100 LBs where as a 1990 Lexus ES 250 weighed 3,163 LBs or about 29 Kilograms more granted there were more safety features mandatory in 1990 than there were in 65
I had a red 1988 CRX Si in '92, great fun little car in the day, a bottle rocket.
I had a MK2 VTEC, I don't remember rear visibility being especially bad. They're quite low, so you get good enough visibility out of the back, the top part of the rear window is pretty big.
Yes, I think that part is different in the crz, probably due to some safety regs. It looks like the whole rear end/ bumper is higher than CRXs, so the geometry makes the small vertical glass panel OF THE CRZ to almost be the main one. Whereas it was only a nice suplement to the slanted rear window in the CRX.
@@petarpopovic3306 that's probably fair. The CRX was a good foot, 30cm lower than the CRZ which changes the available viewing angle a fair bit.
I had a 91 CRX. It was my first new car. That thing was amazing!! Fun to drive, super reliable, great mileage and you could fit a ton of stuff in it! My wife and I (then girlfriend) took it on a camping trip. The glass panel they added in the back lift gate was perfectly positioned. I could hardly tell there was a bar at all and it had unusually good visibility all the way to ground close behind you. I really wish I could buy another one.
One of my all time favourite cars growing up. I never owned one, but did have a 1989 Honda DX hatchback as my first car. Always wanted a CRX
RRC restoration channel is doing an in depth restoration of a CR-X. Really cool build.
Yes!! It's really interesting and detailed work. Fascinating given the awful condition that it had fallen into. Brave but clever. Give it a watch if you haven't.
@@kenpallister5804 I did a lot of welding on one last year. It had been welded before. I guess most of them simply rust away 🥺
The amazing thing with Honda, is that they were able to develop VTEC and also have it be reliable.
Well done video! I’m sorry that you never got to experience the Honda CRX firsthand. I have owned three and did everything from racing to rebuilding them over the last 30 plus years. These are amazing cars and should be ranked in the top 20 of all time!
Brilliant handling, good quality build, bullet proof motors and good looks puts this car at the top!
One of my deepest regrets in life was selling my 1991 Honda CRX Si last year after 25 years of ownership.
Light weight solves many problems in terms of economy and performance. Too bad we have gone the other way.
Del sol killed the CRX sadly. Marmite shape. Clarkson supposedly owned one though.
@@scottb926 In Japan, it was called the "cr-x del sol"
Always wanted a Mk2 CRX. Such a cute car. Did have a 1.7 Puma, kind of the same thing 😊
I'd say Puma was the closest spiritual successor to the CRX. I think the Puma is one of the greatest handling sports compacts ever made along with the CRX.
@@rADIOLINJA Puma and CRX comparison is interesting. Integra Type R has to be in that conversation though as best handling. The Clio's are in there also, Williams, 172 etc
No they were definitely not similar in any way aside from having four wheels! Haha! The CRX was a true performer on the road and track!
@@rareblendcars CRX was based on the Civic. Puma was based on the Fiesta. The Puma won awards for its handling and was used for rallying. Ford in that era are well regarded for getting the most out of a chassis. They're quite similar despite no direct lineage.
To this day, I don't understand why other Japanese car companies did not create direct competitors to the MX5.
because there is "understanding" or we would call it cartell to share market and profits, we dont step on your toes you dont step on mine, contrary to captitalism---
@@rcajavus8141 that's just silly because they do that in all other categories.
It's a very small niche market, and the MX5 simply dominates. I would think it hard to compete profitably.
I have a 2010 CR-Z in sport trim. Described by Frank Stephenson as a design classic. The CR-Z owes a lot to the CR-X.
I had a 1988 with an B16A swap and an LSD trans. The car felt closer to the 600cc sport bikes that I wonder afterwards, than to modern SUVs.
The rear window was stained with small black round dots all over as a form of factory tinting. The visibility was not terrible and it was very helpful when backing up.
Shame you skipped over the VTEC version a bit. I had one in the mid-90s and it was like shit off a shovel. Nice leather seats, electric sunroof and ABS. I remember slamming the brakes on once on Trafalgar Square and was blown away by how quickly I stopped.
Very good video. Thanks!!! 1988 CRX Si - most fun car I've ever owned. Miss it very much.
I bought a brand new 1990 Honda CRX Si in late 1989. It was a quick little car but I sold it exactly a year later and went back to being a 1 car man. I had 2 complaints about my CRX. The first was the terrible visibility in the rear view mirror thanks to the pillar running across the back end. It was almost useless. My second gripe was the back seat area. No one could really sit back there at all.
The visibility was a shock to me as my other car was a 1966 Chevy Corvair which had ZERO blind spots. The Corvair was way more fun to drive as well.
Had one of the last CRZ's with the uprated battery ( 137bhp ) . Yes it was moderately quick and had moderate fuel economy but it was extremely reliable and a handful to drive if pushed . ( the weight in the boot became an anvil at speed on corners ) . I kept it 8 years because it was brilliantly different.
The second gen one was truly awesome. My Spanish teacher - a very eclectic lady - got one to replace her Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo, and at one point in the early 1990s for whatever reason DJs took a fancy to them. I only see them on Instagram now; don't know the last day I saw one in the wild.
I would argue that the Hyundai Veloster was the closest vehicle we’ve had to a modern CR-X. The current Type R punches too high to be a CR-X successor.
I had a first generation CR-X. The problem was that the car rusted very quickly.
I had a UK spec 84 model with the 1500cc PGM-FI engine, it was fast for its time with 100hp being quoted for the output. 0-60 was approx 8.4 secs and a top speed of approx 120 mph made it quite potent. The only things the car needed was wider tires and better shock absorbers, so I bought some lower profile and wider 185/60 13s and some Koni shocks, then reworked their internal valving and readjusted the ride height. I never found anything wrong with the brakes and the car actually handled better as it was driven faster. The 1500cc 12 valve engine had a good spread of torque from low down through the mid range; sadly the 1600cc 16 valve versions lost a lot of the perfect lower and mid range of the 1500 and only gained a bit more at the top end. My biggest peeve was in typical Japanese fashion, the first gear could have been taller to get it closer to the second gear as the difference between them was just a bit too wide. For some weight comparisons my model with a/c weighed in at 820kgs while my BMC MG1100 weighed in at 813kgs. Bear in mid the heavy lump of the MGs engine was almost 500 lbs while the CR-X had an all alloy engine weighting significantly less, plastic bumpers, plastic ft fenders (wings) and the plastic grey lower sills. This meant that the CR-Xs body shell was a lot heaver than the MGs with four doors and subframes,,,minus the engines.
Excellent summary Sir! Curiously I had the Morris 1300GT ....so I understand your perspective. My CRX rusted away. Can't understand the Japanese reluctance to rust proof! Other than that entirely reliable transport. Nippy (not fast), sure footed and just seemed so advanced for its time. Halcyon days indeed
@@kenpallister5804 from your reply I can tell you live in the UK while I do not. My CR-X went through a few hands after I sold it and it never rusted away, it just got beaten to death. If you want to talk about rust then look at all the BMC/BL era cars, even rustproofing did not help them. I consider rustproofing a personal choice and how much you like or how long you wish to keep the car. My current car, a 2007 Honda Legend is now 17 years old and has no rust on or under it.
Let me put it like this: I call the bar in the rear window of the cr-z, the censorship bar. 😂
The headlights of the cars behind me are hidden right behind this bar like the eyes of people behind those black bars.
It's true that you can't see very much trough the rear window, but it's not entirely useless.
And yes, I didn't know it was supposed to be a "sports car" untill I read about it after driving it for years.
After owning a 2nd gen CRX for a year & now owning a first gen CRX for a few, I can attest, they are great cars and give you the fizz.
Might be worth doing a video on Kei-based sports cars, eg Beat, AZ-1, Cappuccino, Copen?
This has been debated for many years, but there’s little chance that Si stood for “sequential injection.” For years prior, Honda had made a “sport” version of the Civic that was carbureted. When they switched to fuel-injection, the S became the Si. So the i stands for “fuel injection” (like it did on many cars at the time), but the S stands for “sport.”
Del Sol was CRX Del Sol here in Portugal. Portugal belongs to Europe. 😊
My brother used to have a few gen 1 CRX's and he loved them.
I'd like to have one, but I've been spoiled by RWD cars and not sure I can go back to all that under-steer... but if they handle like the old Scirocco, I might be convinced to give it a chance.
The coolest thing about the Del Sol is the power rear window. Odd that it's not even mentioned. The TransTop was unreliable, added 200 lbs, filled up most of the trunk, and was only available in Japan/Europe. But the regular targa top is awesome. It definitely doesn't take two people to lift the 11 lb. roof panel. Maybe if your arms were super short and you couldn't reach far enough to support it under the middle it would be tricky? But you just unlatch two little latches, pop the trunk, get out of the car, and if you're strong enough to lift 11 lbs. it takes less than 5 seconds to put the top in the trunk. You can easily do it at a red light. And the trunk was huge. Even with the targa top in there, it had a ton of room.
In 2010 I sold my Del Sol and got a Miata and the step-down in trunk space was comical. But the canvas top on the NB Miata is even easier to take down. You don't even need to take your seat belt off. You just unlatch two latches and you can put the top down with one arm while you're driving - but that would be a really bad idea if you're going very fast.
Nice looking car and with ac this was serious in the day. Cruise it instead of flooring would be my device.
Love the Burgess Meredith voice-overs on the US commercials
Just got my '91 UK Vtec back on the road (owned it from new!)...after a 5 year haitus it's been fully restored and resprayed.
I had a 1.5 Auto Del sol for about a decade, the driving experience was nowhere close to the Mk2 vtec, slow as hell and bad handling.
Such a great car! and less than 100 left on the UK roads. Maybe I should get some video of it while it's in mint condition.
I’m jealous now. Sold my ‘90 civic vtec (EE9) a long time ago.
How long I have to wait for a Honda Legend Story video?
Who's looking on Ebay right now???
Amazing video as always. That overly complicated electric roof with all the beeping was a riot. Now I want a 1st gen in blue, just like my favorite teacher in 5th grade had. Thanks for the memories!
Honda Golden Age IMO
Hard to argue; I first noticed it in '83 (84?) when the new Prelude came out. It was like Honda had leaped an entire generation ahead of everyone else, and two from where the previous iteration had been.
I love the Honda CRX
I test drove a CR-X in 1989 in Colorado Springs. It would have been my first car but when I found out what the payment and insurance were going to be, it was a no go (the insurance cost was actually MORE than the payment - I was 20 at the time), Was the first time I drove a manual and it was quite the challenge as Colorado Springs has quite a bit of hills (being in the Rockies). The salesman could not have been happy with me but he let me drive it anyway.
I had a CR-Z for about 5 years and had fun with it. Of course it was completely different and a whole lot heavier.
Funny that people are complaining about the rear window. I never saw it as an obstruction, but found it clever there was extra glass under the spoiler. Visibility is still miles ahead of most (or all) modern cars with huge pillars miles away and high shoulders making it impossible to see the road nearby. I was surprised when you said you didnt experience much power difference between the Si and the DX, but then I realised the Si didn’t get the B16A DOHC engine we got in Europe (in the VTI version), but the SOHC version instead. Thanks for the video 👍
I currently own an 85 CRX Si. Absolutely love it to death despite its issues like rust and broken parts over the course of almost 40 years. I got am engine lined up for it, an K20A2 pulled from an RSX Type S. It will take a few years to get the parts to build it, though.
I had a '85 HF. First new car a bought. $6.500, out the door, $89.00 A month. It had 75,000
on it when I sold it. Only Things I replaced. CV joints and a timing belt. Loved that car!
Tried sitting in a 1st gen CRX, I didn't fit :( The seat just didn't go far back enough, me knees were up against the wheel.
The CRX and Del Sol were never offered with optional ABS in the United States(except for the Del Sol VTEC in 1995). That was a grave error on Honda's part.
Back when i was in highschool, these cars were almost everywhere mostly with the guys that liked to study mechanics. One of my favorites cars from Honda from that era "especially the 2nd Gen of the CR-X"
There are quite a few factual errors, and it seems that the different specifications for each market is causing some confusion. But still, thank you for showcasing this little quirky runabout.
CRX, best car I ever owned by a mile. Also was the stoppiest corner or straight and always predictable. CRX's were eventually ruined by stupid rear suspension linkages.
in hindsight seems like my girlfriends picked better cars than me!! Carolyn had a red honda crx that hit the governed seed limit, 125, got 48 mpg, handled great, Gail had a suzuki esteem got 48 mpg had 4 doors and a trunk, ran great, later on around 2000 racer friends were screaming unlimited revs in CRX's, wow, a super car indeed, i think i shifted through 3 or 4 gears with power at the same speed!! what a car!!
I had a 1990, second gen, JDM 1.5 Dual Carb for a few years. It was the best car I ever had. So small, weighed f*ck all and had a sweet centre of gravity. Ayrton Senna had one and often turned up to practice sessions in it. I miss that car 🥲
I had a JDM, Black, SiR CRX for my first car, boy was I lucky. I miss it dearly.
Fun to drive, fuel efficient, cheap. The only reason we got away from these is because people wanted to drive their living room down the road.
Shame!
Barbie-doll Del Sol? Well said! I had the '95 Civic Si purchased new, and yes, it was a bit of a disappointment. Not bad, but not great.
I've had 6 crx's and 3 civics. I can confirm the 2nd Gen split rear view is actually super nice. You can see right thru the bottom piece of glass. You just gotta lean the seat back like you are about to deliver some tofu in a hurry.
Oh boy did these hit big in the USA- it was the first car I'd ever seen with a "Additional Dealer Markup" sticker on it, which immediately made it less of a value than the VW GTI.
Fortunately for Honda dealers, the DM was about to go through the roof, leaving them only their fellow Asians and a few domestic models for competition.
I had a 1984 with the 1.3 and no back seat. Not very powerful but it got places with great mileage and could haul a good bit of cargo. The next best is that it didn't rust as fast as the others. The 70s models rusted out and the shock towers went.
Cant wait for the 1/64 Model of the Civic by Tarmac Works. 😍
1st and 2nd generation CRX were such fun cars to drive! As for the extra glass at the back: it was a nice style addition, but the car was so small that the rear visibility wasn't ever a huge issue.
When I grew up as a kid in the late 90's, I used to always hear most mornings a simple-modded CRX smoothly go through the gears driving up a steady hill outside the house. _SO COOL!_
5:16 ”Ser ut som en kula, går som ett skott” Swedish car magazine Teknikens värld’s classic headline after the first test.
(Looks like a bullet, drives like a shot)
Absolutely love the mk2 vtec crx, my parents had a volve 740se estate in 1990 and it went in for warranty work and his loan car was one. My mum was not at all happy as there was 5 of us and my brother was a baby. Me and my dad spend a happy summers weekend driving all over the place. He was like a driver transformed, from plodding along he chased that 8000 rpm redline whenever he could flying round corners. It cemented my growing love of cars particularly small fast good handling ones and I saw a different side of my dad which was fun. My mum still occasionally moans about it now over 30 years later 😂
The small back window was perfect, from my seating position it filled the rear view mirror.
My dad got one of the first generation CR-Xs with the 125hp 1.6l in red with the painted bumpers and a factory wing. He got it after the reunion of Germany and it must've been one of the fastest cars around here in eastern Germany at that time. :D
He sold it because I was born and it was to tiny for a family. :(
I can't help but think that the upcoming Aptera is the spiritual successor to the CR-X- small, 2 seats, a hatchback, under a ton, efficient, aerodynamic, and sporty!
Idk what’s up with UA-cam’s algorithm, but even typing in the title of this video wouldn’t bring it up in the first 10 results. I’d want to know if I were you. Love your videos and love this backstory!
The series 3 sedan with the 15 B motor was an outstanding quality small vehicle.🎉
4:30 Defo Burgess Meridith "Get em Rock!" (Rocky) and of course The Penguin in the BATMAN TV series..!
I owned two first-generation CRXs (base and Si), a second-generation CRX Si, and a del Sol Si, and I can confidently say they were all great cars. The first-generation car was the most raw, very tossable and most likely to step out in a corner (which made it fun to autocross) but it had a relatively cheap-feeling interior. The second-generation felt comparatively like a GT, with a more tractable engine, less dodgy handling, and an interior that was the best in any car I’ve owned (and yes, the visibility was excellent, even out the rear). The del Sol had a unique interior and rev-happy engine, but was indeed a disappointment compared to the previous generations, as the chassis had quite a lot of flex with the roof panel removed, and the engine lacked the mid-range punch of the previous cars. I eventually moved on to a Miata (and still own one), but I don’t think even a Miata is as fun as to drive quickly as a CRX. Those were Honda’s peak years and the CRX was one of their crown jewels. Thank you for the reminder!
RS was pretty common here in North America,Camaro's from 1967-now it's final year.
My dad had a first gen CR-X back in the day and I remember him telling me that he really liked it. He just bought a used CR-Z with a 6 speed stick as his daily driver and I’ve gotten to drive it a few times. It has the bar across the rear window and yes it does kind of get in the way. But other than that I think it’s a really fun car to drive.
I had a few, and much time with both 1 & 2g. The back window thing was nice, on 2gs, I had no troubles with it.
Realy its a so beautiful creation of a light mini hatchback shape curved body light sport cars of olden models of honda looks so lovely and stronge and powerful dear i wish it same like old in 21 century today new also dear
I owned both the mk1 as the mk2. Back in the Day i would have picked the mk2 as the better car, but now i think the mk1 got the best character. Living in the netherlands it was a blast to drive on these small roads.
1992 it was called CRX Del Sol in Europe where I lived 🤷♂️
As much as I love this channel, it also makes me tinged with sadness as it reminds us that the car industry is in a seemingly irreversible decline.
I had the 1st gen back in the early 80s!!! Now I drive an even smaller Abarth 500
Years ago i have owned a Civic Coupe. I guess it was the same generation as the mentiont Del Sol. It had a slide sun roof and a 1.5 engine. The power and weight ratio made it very fun to drive.
I owned a MK2 CRX. The problem with the rear hatch isn't visibility, I could see out of it fine (the top half anyway, at 6 feet tall I almost sat in the ceiling), but i had a LHD version and they didn't mirror the rear wiper like they did the fronts, which meant it wiped the passenger side of the rear windscreen! Since it was useless, I removed it using the OEM HF plug :P
RS - Road Sailing. Lol. Learning all the way into Friday eve. Thanks.
Great. I stil own a 1989 CRX 1.6i-16v An oldtimer next to my daily Tesla Model 3 as time moves on and Honda lost it appeal it once had.
I remember in the mid to late 90s my brother, my mate and me all wanted one of these, it just looked and still does, look perfect