Honda · CR-X
Honda CR-X 1st generation Ballade Sports (AE/AF/AS)
- Years
- 1983–1987
- Chassis
- AE/AF/AS
- Drivetrain
- FF
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Story
A derivative of the Ballade, the Civic's sister car. Using resin composite materials for the outer panels together with a short wheelbase, it achieved a light vehicle weight.
Chassis
Front
Strut
- Curb weight
- 760-860kg
Production plants
Suzuka, Mie
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since July 200825 years after sales began in July 1983
- Last cars
- Eligible since 201225 years after sales ended in 1987 (month not recorded)
Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).
Engineers
Large project leader of the Honda Ballade Sports CR-X.
Hometown: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
A car designer who designed many Honda cars at Honda Motor Co. His representative works include the first- and second-generation Prelude, the first- and third-generation Civic, the first-generation CR-X and the first-generation Odyssey. He served as a managing director (in charge of products) of the company.
Served as development lead of Honda's CR-X del Sol. He later became a motor journalist.