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26 state attorneys general object to Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit settlement

The Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit settlement isn't necessarily a done deal. The attorneys general for 26 states have filed an objection to the class action deal that would give people who owned or leased the hybrid sedans small cash payouts up to $500, or a $1,000 rebate if they now buy a new Honda, because of the discrepancy between the EPA's stated MPG rating and the real-life fuel economy of the car. The AGs say that the rebates are not fair because they exclude the Honda models – Honda Fit, Honda Insight, Honda Civic hybrid and Honda ... Read more →

Honda plans to settle Civic Hybrid mileage suit out of court. Is it a fair deal? Jeremy Korzeniewski

If you buy a hybrid, you'll be rewarded with excellent fuel economy, right? Well, that's the idea, but sometimes things don't turn out exactly as we had hoped. Such is apparently the case with a ...

Rumormill: 2012 Honda Civic details circulate Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to an article in Mag-X magazine (via Temple of VTEC), Honda is hard at work wrapping up the design for the next-gen Civic that's expected to debut in 2011 as a 2012 model. As is customary ...

Hybrids dominate the Intellichoice Best Overall Value of the Year Awards Jeremy Korzeniewski

IntelliChoice used the Chicago Auto Show to announce its Best Overall Value of the Year Awards, and, lo and behold, it's loaded up with hybrid and eco-friendly vehicles. Included in the list of ...

Lotus and Oaktec developing Honda Civic hybrid for rally/circuit duty Damon Lavrinc

Oaktec has been campaigning a heavily-modified Honda Insight in a series of rallies over the past few years, taking five Class-A victories in the UK Formula 1000 rally and bringing home the Class-A ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Civic hybrid for a high-res gallery Toyota may have been the first automaker to bring a mass produced gas-electric hybrid to market overall, but Honda was the first to hit the road in the US with the Insight in late 1999. The insight wasn't a huge commercial success for many of the same ...

Honda's hybrid tax credit to be halved again on July 1 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back on the first of January of this year, Honda's hybrid tax credits began their slide down towards zero due to the fact that the automaker passed sixty-thousand hybrid sales. While you can argue with the reasoning behind the credits in the first place along with the arbitrary number of people who ...

Honda Civic Tour featuring Panic At The Disco has begun 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been over the Civic Hybrid which was decorated by Panic At The Disco before, along with the dates and locations where fans of the band (or the car) can pick up the associated tour. Therefore, this is just a friendly reminder that the tour itself started on Friday, April 10. We'd likely have ...

Honda Civic Hybrid chosen as the greenest car in Germany 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Honda Civic Hybrid is the greenest car in Germany. That's the statement made by the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD), which has just released their annual report for the 2008 model year. The Civic Hybrid managed to accomplish all the requirements VCD asked in a car, not only on the greener side ...

Hybrid Civic driver averages 32 mpg, files class action lawsuit against Honda 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

John True, professional jazz piano player from California, has filed a class action lawsuit against American Honda Motor Co. for misleading mileage claims of the Honda Civic Hybrid. The question that this suit seems to revolve around is whether or not Honda misled consumers with inflated mileage ...

The tricked out Fall Out Boy Honda Civic Hybrid revealed 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I'm pretty sure this is the last time I'll write about Fall Out Boy and their tricked-out Honda Civic Hybrid. After the first two mentions and Honda's refusal to explain exactly what was going to happen with this car, I just couldn't leave it when information on the actual details were finally ...

Honda decides to keep building green in the UK despite lack of carbon grants 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The British government delivered quite the smack down to Honda recently when it decided not to award potential buyers "carbon grants" as incentives to buy green. Despite Honda knowing that this predicament would not improve the bottom line, company spokespeople say Honda will contine to build green ...

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