“¢ 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 [...]
Honda has only released one image of the upcoming 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid prior to its 2009 Detroit Auto Show debut. Last week, we saw some images from a leaked brochure and today CarScoop has gathered up some leaked official press photos of the new Honda hybrid (not in high-res). As you can tell from the [...]
We’ll get to see the production version of the Honda Insight Hybrid next month at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, but in the meantime you ‘green folks’ that are highly-anticipating the reveal can drool over the leaked JDM brochure of the upcoming Honda hybrid. From the images you can see that the Japanese market will [...]
Honda has delivered some good news after disappointing its high-performance fans this morning when it announced that it has suspended plans to built the 2010 Honda NSX. The Japanese automaker announced today that it has found a partner for lithium-ion battery development – Japan’s GS Yuasa Corp. CEO Takeo Fukui said today that Honda will team up [...]
The production version of the 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid will make its world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Honda says that the 5-door Insight will be the most affordable hybrid car available when it hits markets in spring of 2009. Honda plans to sell 200,000 units of the Insight [...]
Honda announced today that it will debut its new Ecological Drive Assist System (Eco Assist) on its 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid when it debuts in spring 2009. Eco Assist works kind of like Ford’s EcoGuide feature by combining multiple functions to help the driver optimize fuel-efficiency. “Hybrid drivers enjoy trying to get the most fuel [...]
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 [...]
One of the most significant reveals here in Paris is the Honda Insight Hybrid that is due out in the U.S. in April ’09. This will be the Toyota Prius’ biggest rival; however, most of you are wondering what it’s going to cost and how will it compete with the Prius in terms of fuel-economy. According to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
