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•  Competes with: Toyota Prius.
•  40/43 mpg (city/highway); Driving range of 400 miles.
•  Arrives in April 2009; Priced below the Honda Civic Hybrid.

Honda has taken the wraps off of the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid. All 2010 Insights are powered by a 1.3L SOHC i-VTEC engine mated to a CVT transmission. That engine works together with [...]

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Honda has taken the covers off of its new Insight Hybrid Concept, a concept that is pretty much the production ready model that will arrive on U.S. roads in April 2009. At the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui said that he is targeting a price of just below $19,000 for the Prius [...]

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While Honda won’t be jumping on the plug-in hybrid bandwagon, it will be coming to the market with an all-new dedicated hybrid after a very long time. The Honda Insight Hybrid is scheduled to hit markets in 2009 with the U.S. market getting their allocation in April ‘09.
Power for the Honda Insight Hybrid comes from a [...]

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Honda has no plans to rush into the plug-in hybrid market just yet. The automaker that is already leasing hydrogen vehicles like the FCX Clarity said that batteries aren’t advanced enough to make rechargeable vehicles a solid replacement for gasoline powered cars.
“For battery-powered vehicles to become more widespread, more popular in the market, we feel [...]

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Honda’s new Insight concept that we saw last week has been called the ‘Prius-killer’ and the ‘Prius-fighter’ amongst other things. Well, the Honda Insight sure looks a lot like the thing its trying to kill and fight, but according to Honda that’s just pure coincidence.
According to Honda spokesman Chuck Schifsky: “It was done that way [...]

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Honda surprised us all last week by giving us our first look at its upcoming Honda Insight Hybrid in concept form – which will debut to the public at the 2008 Paris Motor Show next month. But when will you see the final production version and when will it be available to purchase at a dealer [...]

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Honda today revealed the Honda Insight Concept Hybrid Vehicle that it will show at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. The new Insight Concept provides an early look at the upcoming 5-passenger hybrid car from Honda that will take on the Toyota Prius.
At a first look you might think “Hey, its a total rip-off from the [...]

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We’ve heard and seen (spy shots) all there is to hear and see about Honda’s upcoming dedicated hybrid model that will compete with the Toyota Prius. Well, this Thursday Honda is expected to show a concept version of the model this Thursday (Sept. 4th).
The car is expected to make its production debut at the 2009 [...]

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Honda’s new dedicated-hybrid only model will arrive on the market next year and it’s already making headlines. We saw spy shots of the hybrid earlier last month – sporting a Prius-like design – its main competitor.
Richard Colliver, executive vice president of Honda Motor Co. America, said that the new small-hybrid will be priced below the [...]

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Honda seems to be the only major automaker making it through the tough times of high gasoline prices and for the future the Japanese automaker plans to keep doing what its doing – keeping compact and green. Honda plans to offer more hybrid and diesel technology in its future lineup which will also get smaller.
“A [...]

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