Honda Looking at April 2009 Release For New Hybrid

honda_remix_153
Aug 14, 2008
ShareThis

2009 is shaping up to be an interesting year for the hybrid market. As we reported earlier, Honda is set to debut an all-new dedicated hybrid vehicle at this year's Paris Motor Show. Reports now indicate Honda will have the new hybrid in dealerships by April 2009, with a clear intention of beating the next-gen Prius to market.

Toyota has selected the Detroit Motor Show to unveil its new Prius, which should generate a lot of buzz in a market that has thoroughly embraced 'the little hybrid that could'. As yet, there's no word on when the new model Prius will hit dealers but you can be sure that Honda will be doing its very best to beat it.

While initial sales forecasts of 100,000 units will not be enough to take top honours from Toyota, Honda has another three hybrid models on the way in an effort to reclaim the top spot it held back in the 90's with the Insight.

The good news for us is that as hybrids proliferate, the cheaper they'll become, and in the process we just might get something that offers real performance and doesn't look so damn... well... plain.

Related Stories

Comments

  • DriveCritic [reply]
    2 years ago 0 points
    The Insight was only as 'successful' as it was due to a lack of competition in those days. If this new hybrid takes any inspiration from the styling cues of the Insight and is priced similarly, it will flop. I have heard rumours that this will be priced below the Civic Hybrid so that is a good start.
    ----
    This post has been listed on http://www.DriveCritic.com/
  • Bobby [reply]
    2 years ago 0 points
    I am fairly lacking in knowledge when it comes to hybrids and how far they have come with them etc, but I was just thinking today, that if some better looking (prerrably sporty) looking hybrids were released i'd consider it an option. Just imagining the new Type R civic as a hybrid.... hrmm

Post new comment

Want to join the discussion, or start one off?

Before you can get started, you'll need to log in to the TMR comments system via one of the services below (TMR Hub, Facebook, OpenID). If you don't have an account with any of those three, we'd recommend a TMR Hub account, so that you can take advantage of the great features that are just around the corner.

OR OR

(optional)
(not shown to others)


To comment, you must be logged in via one of the above methods.