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Enzo
You're right that it would be a difficult hybrid to build up, but I am willing to bet with assurance that it will be done. Yes, it will defeat the purpose of the hybrid theory, but I for one really like the way it looks, and I gather that there are many others out there that do too. Especially the gull-wing doors give it a very classy image (there are Honda owners who have paid $5,000+.. even up to $10,000, to have their Civics, Integras, etc. customized with gull wing doors!).
Seems to me that this small, race-bred design will inevitably be coined as the next generation CRX, different though it may be, but as having a small, light body that enthusiasts can throw heavily blown, small engines (picture a B16A1 with forged internals and high boost turbo kit) into to make it a drag racing champion.
Who knows, it might even have the weight distribution to still handle decently with a fairly light engine up front like the B16A (and one of the beautiful things about turbos is that they really don't weigh much at all). At least while its new, this car will be much more of an attention-getter than the S2000 and slammed Honda "hoopdies." But who wants the new car that is trendy and cool-looking, but a slug in reality (think the PT Cruiser)?
Edited by: JD@af
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