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Originally Posted by rolla-XRS
Industry rumour is that Honda is abandoning their hybrid cars since they can't seem to make them profitable enough (read: low sales volumes). This includes the Accord hybrid which stank.
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I'll complete your rumour.
Honda is abandoning hybrid technology in larger vehicles and sticking them in Civic and lower classes.
Edit: The HAH failed because it was Cdn$4,000 more than the EX-V6 and only a 5hp bump and not much increase in FE. I've test driven the HAH in the winter (which in the west coast, isn't much of a winter lol). My avg was 13.6L/100km (it was 13.7 when I started). The engine stopped at the traffic light for ~10 secs then idled the rest of the time. The heater wasn't running at high heat (set at 21.0°C) with OAT probably at +5. It wasn't raining at the time of the test drive.
Even the new Nissan Altima Hybrid is expected to come in at $33k which is $1k more than the TCH and Prius.
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Last edited by Tideland Prius; 03-25-2007 at 05:23 PM.
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