It became a ‘what if?’ of keep the CR-V as is, but add some serious attitude with parts indicative of an Indy car. “So this was – pardon the pun – ‘Right in our wheelhouse’. "When the Design Studio learned about this project, we had already established a great relationship with HPD through other projects, including the ACURA ARX-06,” said Dave Marek, executive creative director. An equally large rear wing and butterfly half-cut doors on either side for the driver and passenger complete the bodywork. The lower half is of carbon-composite construction, incorporating a massive front splitter and louvered, flared fenders. From the beltline up, the Hybrid Racer utilized a standard production sixth-generation CR-V steel body, including the glass windshield, windows and even the sunroof. The chromoly steel tube chassis of the Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer is clothed in suitably “hybrid” bodywork designed by NAAD. The CR-V Hybrid Racer runs on Shell’s 100% renewable race fuel and features world-leading Skeleton Supercapacitors and Empel MGU hybrid motor technology. It epitomizes Honda’s fun-to-drive ethos, showcases electrification and it just rocks our car culture roots and racing heritage! We present the CR-V Hybrid Racer – aka ‘The HPD Beast’!”Ĭonceived and designed by the engineers at Honda Performance Development (HPD) in California and designers from the North America Auto Design Division (NAAD) of American Honda then built at Honda Automotive Development Center (ADC) in Ohio by the Honda of America Racing Team (HART) the CR-V Hybrid Racer places a 2.2-liter twin-turbocharged, electrified Honda V6 INDYCAR power unit and transmission under 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid bodywork to create the “rolling laboratory” for the continued development of electrified technology by Honda and HPD. “The CR-V Hybrid Racer is our ‘rolling electrified laboratory’, to investigate where the talented men and women of HPD and Honda could go with electrification, hybrid technology and 100% renewable fuels. “This project vehicle is an INDYCAR ‘beast’ in Honda CR-V ‘sheep’s clothing’,” said David Salters, president and technical director for Honda Performance Development, the North American racing arm of American Honda and Acura.
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