According to just-auto.com, Honda UK’s environmental manager John Kingston said Honda’s new “cheaper” family hybrid car will be announced tomorrow and will be unveiled to the public as a concept car at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. The car will then go into production in Spring 2009. The new affordable hybrid will be a 5-door hatchback and will carry styling cues from the Honda FCX Clarity (shown above).
The new hybrid car will feature a heavily revised hybrid powertrain with major components made lighter, more compact and placed under the cargo space instead of behind the rear seats like the current generation Civic Hybrid. Weight savings will be significant, further improving fuel economy.
“It is a very important car for Honda and our future direction. This is a car that will change customer perception of hybrids,” added John Kingston. He did not elaborate on how affordable would this new “more affordable” hybrid be, but he said it would be enough for people to choose such cars for economical reasons rather than just wanting to be “green”.
It was also revealed in the story that Honda will add another 3 more hybrids by 2010 – a sports car hybrid, a new hybrid Civic and a new hybrid Jazz.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
What about Civic Hybrid sold by Honda M’sia? Any news on the new price? It has been in the newspapers lately saying that HM is going to revise the price after budget’s tax reduction..Soon is how soon?Current price selling at RM163k is damn ridiculous..should be around Civic 1.8 price. But I heard even HM dont have stock now…
anyone read the car mag “motoring” from s’pore? I think its “motoring”….anyways…the vw blue motion kills the hybrid for fuel consumption, but its slightly slower to the 100km/h mark, if that is even important for these type of cars.
imagine a range rover hybrid
what is wrong with honda?? how can they launch their new concept in paris and not in japan first?
just kidding..
seems like honda are looking to keep pushing their hybrids, which is no suprise actually, considering they must have spent millions already on R&D.. it would be a waste for them not to continue.
but it looks like they’re looking at ways to improve the efficiency of their hybrids by taking a leaf out of that old lotus textbook, weight reduction..
nice… the front looks like the face of tigress (kungfu panda)… hehehe… really looking forward to this…
The G will not let go this “golden” opportunity..since they has reason why u sldn’t use hybrid, instead, our “electric car”
How cheap we’re expecting? i’m not expecting less than 140k~
2 years, hope it comes to malaysia before that 2 year period cheap tax cloese
Better consider PROTON’s E-Persona lah, cheaper and less INVESTMENT.
but will spoilt in two days, consider a myvi hybrid better
*yawn* Boooriinggg. Old news, some motoring sites have already have it’s name instead of some “comments”. It’s the new Insight people. Remember the old one? with 2 doors and looks like crap.
I hate this new directions that car manufacturers taking, making fuel efficient cars and hybrids. If you can’t afford to buy petrol for your car, here’s an alternative; take a bus or the train and stop filling up the roads. Less car, less pollutions, less idiot drivers and more space for me to drive on. Talk about killing 2 birds with one stone. They should make more powerful, faster and thirstier cars.