the "J-Mover" series, the third generation Life and new Honda Z made up the "K-Mover" series. Famous rock group ZZ Top made the introductory commercial, including a song and video ("ZZ Top on the Z"). Since the car's name has always been pronounced "zed" (ゼット) by Honda, in the British fashion, the Americans in ZZ Top had to follow suit. In June 2000 a special "Super Emotion" package appeared, with body-colored bumpers, CD player with speakers and tinted glass for a small extra cost. This proved so popular that body-colored bumpers were soon made standard on turbo models. In August 2002, with stricter exhaust emission about to take effect, Honda ended production of the Z. This was to be Honda's first and last SUV Kei-car. Honda also sold a side-mounted step and wheel-arch protector, but these were only for after-market fitment as they made the car too wide for kei regulations and were not crash tested. The naturally aspirated version had at 7,000 rpm, while the turbocharged and intercooled version pushed out at 6,000 rpm. The engine had four valves per cylinder, Honda's PGM-FI fuel injection system, and were classified as LEVs. Land speed record On August 19, 2008, a 1971 Z600 coupe named Evil Tweety set a new speed record for stock body production cars with engines at , with a stock 600 engine bored to . The record was set by Eric Burns at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The next day Chris Clay took "Evil Tweety" to a new record for altered gas cars with engines at These records were beaten three years later, the production car record by a Saab 96. References Honda Z360, Japanese sales brochure, #ZK1-7009 (1970) External links 1970s Honda Z Sales Brochure Hondazcar 2002 Honda Z (japanese) Honda Z family tree (japanese) Z600 Cars introduced in 1970 Front-wheel-drive vehicles All-wheel-drive vehicles Mini sport utility vehicles Kei cars Cars discontinued in 2002