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Honda takes on Toyota with new hybrid

Honda takes on Toyota with new hybrid
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The move to greener motoring continues unabashed with the latest news coming from Honda that it will preview its Insight hybrid with a concept version at next month's Paris Show.

Honda openly declares that the five-door Insight will be the cheapest hybrid on sale and hence hopes to sell 200,000 examples a year around the world.

Technical details will be announced in Paris, though it's clear that the Insight will be a smaller car than the current Honda Civic Hybrid.

Despite that, there is seating for five in the Insight, with its control unit and battery mounted below the boot at the rear to maximise practicality.

The new Insight takes its name from Honda's pioneering two-seat coupé, which was the very first hybrid car on sale in Europe. Honda also has a new hybrid coupé, based on the CR-Z concept, planned for production in the next few years.

Though the car on display in Paris is being tagged a concept, it will be very close to the finished article, which will go on sale early in 2009. Prices have yet to be announced.

Shane O' Donoghue



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