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2009 Honda Hybrid: Electricity Gets Cheap

Posted May 18 2007 04:56 AM by staff 
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Honda , Hybrid


For those of you who have been yearning for a hybrid but thought it costs too much, mark the year "2009" on your calendars.



honda remix concept front left.jpg

That's when Honda Motor Co. expects to unveil a new entry-level hybrid.

According to Automotive News (via Autoblog), the hybrid is expected to be priced above the entry-level Honda Fit and below the current Honda Civic hybrid. That's between $15,000 to $22,000. The company plans to sell 200,000 of them a year, 14,000 more than the number of Toyota Priuses sold worldwide in 2006.

In addition, Honda UK announced that it will be producing a hybrid sports coupe.

Few details on this hybrid has been released. Honda most likely, though, style it similar to the Remix concept (pictured) unveiled at last year's Los Angeles Auto Show. Our take is that  Honda has its eyes set on Toyota and hopes to challenge its rival Japanese brother in the hybrid market.



COMMUNITY COMMENTS
hybrid.lady   (June 4 2007 12:47 PM)

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