Honda has a new budget-priced hybrid

[kristopher]

Honda has a new budget-priced hybrid


The concept version of Honda's Insight debuts Oct. 2 at the 2008 Paris International Auto Show.
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY

Honda (HMC) revealed the look and name Thursday of its new hybrid-only car to go on sale in the U.S. next spring. It is expected to be one of the cheapest cars in the next generation of gas-electric hybrids.

"They will crack the under-$20,000 barrier," predicts John O'Dell, senior editor of Edmund's Green Car Advisor. "It's a new generation of a more affordable hybrid."

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It will be called the Insight, reviving the name of the first hybrid in the U.S., sold here by Honda from 1999 to 2006. A concept version of the new Insight, of which a photo was released Thursday, will be unveiled next month at the 2008 Paris International Auto Show....

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-09-04-honda-hybrid-insight_N.htm

[im1013]

1. I hear they're releasing a Hybrid Honda Fit early 2009

:toast:

[grace0418]

4. I can't wait. That's my next car.

Even though my Civic is still in fine shape.

[im1013]

6. I know, I have a 10 year old Acura Integra

and it's still awesome! I want to get a hybrid fit to drive, and
keep the Integra to drive only sometimes...so it stays awesome.

:toast:

[grace0418]

7. The "trouble" with buying cars like ours is that they're so damn reliable they

last forever! ;) Not that I want my Civic to die. She's going on 10 and she's awesome. Still, a hybrid Fit is going to be awfully tempting.

[GliderGuider]

2. The back end of that car seems strangely familiar...

Honda seems to have a case of Prius envy.

[phantom power]

3. Aerodynamics is universal.

Really, it says something about human irrationality that most cars don't look almost exactly alike. There would be only a few widely-used shapes if aerodynamics took precedence instead of the "Design department"

[tinrobot]

5. Maybe this will drop prices overall for hybrids

Seems like the Prius usually sells for above list around these parts, more supply and a little price competition from Honda should help more people make the leap to more fuel efficient vehicles.

[JohnWxy]

8. now this is good news! making this technology more affordable.