Paris Preview: Honda Insight Concept Car
Honda has just released the first official photos of its eagerly-anticipated new Insight Concept car that will debut early in 2009.The Honda Insight Concept Car that until now had been referred to by Honda officials simply as the "Global Hybrid" will revive the popular Insight name from the company’s first hybrid model.
The five-passenger Honda Insight Concept Car will be powered by what Honda calls an evolution of its Integrated Motor Assist hybrid technology, although no powertrain or fuel-economy details have been released as of yet. Rumors have been circulating that the new Insight will likely be priced below $19,000 when it hits showrooms.
Honda is also to launch hybrid versions of the Jazz and a new Civic Hybrid in the next few years, plus a sports car based on the CR-Z concept. It aims to sell over 500,000 hybrids a year, with 10% of its global sales to be hybrids by 2010.
Honda has already said that it has cut the cost of its IMA hybrid system in half for the Insight and the new Insight’s price is expected to start in the neighborhood of $18,500. Honda is expecting about 200,000 world wide sales of the Insight with half of those going to the U.S.
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