
Honda CR-X Si Ballade Sport Black AUTOart 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Honda
- Manufacturer
- AUTOart
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 73261
- Year
- 1984
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Hatchback
- Vehicle Class
- JDM Sports
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 674110732610
About the Honda CR-X Si Ballade Sport Black AUTOart 1:18
TL;DR: This AUTOart 1:18 Honda CR-X Si Ballade Sport in black reproduces the lightweight 1984 hatchback, with opening doors. It is a used model, and the box shows traces of storage. A recognizable early Japanese sport-hatch subject.
The CR-X built its reputation on light weight rather than raw power, a formula Honda leaned on throughout the 1980s, and the Ballade Sport badge marks the Japanese domestic version of the car sold elsewhere simply as the CR-X.
Diecast Construction on This CR-X Si
The zinc-alloy body gives the model a solid, compact heft, appropriate for a car whose entire engineering brief centered on shedding weight rather than adding bulk. The doors open, revealing a simplified cabin that still carries the CR-X's low, sloped hatchback glass, one of its most distinctive design cues. Panel gaps run a bit wider than premium resin tooling, typical for this tier, and the black paint holds an even, glossy finish without the deeper metallic depth a costlier clear coat would add. The proportions stay honest to the real car's stubby wheelbase and short overhangs, details that matter on a subject this compact since there's little bodywork to hide behind. This is a used example, and the outer box shows traces of storage, ordinary wear on the carton that says nothing about the casting inside, which presents cleanly.
The CR-X's Role in a JDM Collection
Honda built the CR-X around the same philosophy that would later define the Civic Si and the Integra Type R, low mass paired with a high-revving engine rather than brute displacement, and that lineage makes an early CR-X a useful starting point for a Honda performance chronology. Its small footprint at 1:18 also means it takes up less shelf space than larger contemporaries, letting a collector fit several compact Japanese sport models into the same row without crowding. Set beside period rivals from other Japanese manufacturers, the CR-X's boxy, low-slung hatchback shape stands out as genuinely distinct.














