When the Honda CR-Z was first announced, it generated more excitement than your typical hybrid. Its form recalled the simple, light and sporty form of the Honda CRX, and it promised the seemingly impossible combination of offering both performance and fuel economy. It was intriguing. Unfortunately, when the CR-Z landed it only made 130 horsepower and its fuel economy ratings fell well short of other hybrids, and its resemblance to the 80s hot hatch icon only ended beyond the sheetmetal. But Honda Performance Development looks to be remedying at least one of those issues with a factory-backed supercharger kit which is now available for 2013 and 2014 models equipped with the six-speed manual transmission, which offers a potent horsepower increase of more than 50 percent over a stock CR-Z.
