I had a CR-Z. It was the CVT model and it seemed to accerate faster in Normal than Sport. I may wrong, it was just seat of pants feel. It pulled the ratio change quicker on the transmission. The Sport mode did handle different and I liked the "angry" mode every now and then.
When the cruiser type motorcycle hit me from behind it really soaked up the damage pretty good. The EMT's kept asking if I was ok and I kept sending them to the guy on the motorcycle, he got the worst of it.
I would like to have another one but it will be awhile. I may go for the 6 speed this time, I would be able to pull my mpg up. I hit a wall at about 50 mpg trip avr on the CVT. I also had a hard time maintaining it. By the end of the tank it would be like 44 or so (see angry mode above
).
I have been happy to see the increase in mpg on several fronts from different manufactures but I like the CR-Z still.