Terukazu Torikai, Honda CR-Z’s chief chassis engineer, talked about the basic concept of the CR-Z in a short video recently released on You Tube. According to him, the new hybrid sports car has been inspired by the Lotus Elise.

He also said that the CR-Z is intended to create a fun-to-drive sports car that has some of the characteristics of the Elise, the Mini and Volkswagen Scirocco. Torikai also said that Honda is confident that it succeeded in giving the car the agile handling of the Mini and easy-to-drive performance for daily use. Continued after the jump!

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