Info on Honda's new global hybrid
Do you like the Honda FCX Clarity (above) but wish it had a more standard hybrid powertrain instead of its million-dollar hydrogen fuel cell guts? You might get your wish, kind of.
Honda president Takeo Fukui has given out a few details on the new global hybrid that Honda is planning for release in 2009. The car will look at least a little bit like the FCX Clarity and will have one name around the world (like the Accord and the Civic do today). Speaking of the Civic, the new global hybrid will cost less than the current Civic Hybrid and will use an engine based on the Civic's, but smaller and lighter. Honda favors nickel metal hydride batteries, for now, but we know that lithium-ion options will be possible if and when Honda believes that battery technology is ready.
[Source: Hybrid Cars]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joseph 1:37PM (3/28/2008)
It may end up looking like the FCX, but it certainly cannot end up being similar in size. The FCX is an Accord-sized car. The global hybrid is supposed to be smaller than a Civic.
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D. See 1:50PM (3/28/2008)
Sounds like a winner to me!
How about Honda serving up a "Smart-buster", and giving us a cool little city /commuter car with great mpg's and Honda-quality levels of fit and finish? It would certainly be a winner.
The Clarity is a great idea, but the technology is a way's away, and it's somewhat fugly.
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Yggdrasilly 2:29PM (3/28/2008)
Honda likes big butts, they cannot lie...
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Joe 10:20PM (3/28/2008)
Return of the CRX?
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Joseph 12:18PM (3/30/2008)
@ Joe,
The CRZ hybrid concept, not the global hybrid, looks similar to the CRX
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Kevin 2:13AM (3/29/2008)
eww if it looks anything life the honda fcx no matter what the mpg they have already lost me as a customer.
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Thom 8:42PM (4/10/2008)
Honda is keeping tight lipped about new there new global hybrid. No name given just that it's name will be used in all markets. Should they use the moniker "Insight" again?
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David 12:27AM (4/27/2008)
Cut off the back quarter panel and u have a stunner!
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