Honda Truck MAY Get hybrids
03-17-2003, 03:17 PM
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Honda Truck MAY Get hybrids
Nice!!!!!!! This only means that we'll have sedans with 350hp and 400hp while getting 30-40mpg!!
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Honda Trucks May Get Hybrids
Posted 3/13/03 11:15 a.m. CST
By Yuzo Yamaguchi
Automotive News
TOKYO — If Honda Ltd. decides to add a hybrid power plant to one of its U.S. light-truck models, then the company is more inclined to do so in one of its larger vehicles, a senior Honda official said. Honda may offer a hybrid sport utility vehicle powered by a V-6 gasoline engine and electric motor.
The Pilot is one of the SUVs to which Honda may add a hybrid power plant.
“We could probably go with (a V-6 engine) rather than a four-cylinder engine,” said Koichi Amemiya, Honda’s executive vice president who oversees North American operations.
Among models in Honda’s lineup, candidates for such a hybrid power train include the Pilot and Odyssey and Acura’s MDX. Smaller SUV models such as the Honda CR-V and Element would be less likely to get a hybrid power plant. The choice seems a bit odd in that Honda has a hybrid Civic on sale in the United States, and putting that power plant in the CR-V, which is based on the Civic, would be relatively easy.
But Amemiya pointed out that fuel savings from a hybrid V-6 would be significantly greater than a hybrid four-cylinder when compared with their conventional counterparts. Although he didn’t say so, a hybrid V-6 also could be Honda’s response to persistent calls from some of its dealers for a V-8 engine. Amemiya also hopes to add a hybrid car to a lineup that includes the Insight and Civic. “I want to get both” a hybrid car and a hybrid SUV, he told Automotive News.
Amemiya also said Honda will continue to place a high priority on improving the fuel economy of its gasoline models. He added that Honda has not decided whether to add a hybrid light truck to its offerings. Hybrids are expensive, and Honda wants to be sure that a hybrid SUV will appeal to American customers before giving the OK for its development.
Honda is seeing signs that rising gasoline prices are boosting hybrid sales. With war looming in Iraq and oil prices soaring, sales of the hybrid Civic totaled more than 2,200 in February, well above the monthly average of just more than 1,500 since its debut in March 2002.
Honda Trucks May Get Hybrids
Posted 3/13/03 11:15 a.m. CST
By Yuzo Yamaguchi
Automotive News
TOKYO — If Honda Ltd. decides to add a hybrid power plant to one of its U.S. light-truck models, then the company is more inclined to do so in one of its larger vehicles, a senior Honda official said. Honda may offer a hybrid sport utility vehicle powered by a V-6 gasoline engine and electric motor.
The Pilot is one of the SUVs to which Honda may add a hybrid power plant.
“We could probably go with (a V-6 engine) rather than a four-cylinder engine,” said Koichi Amemiya, Honda’s executive vice president who oversees North American operations.
Among models in Honda’s lineup, candidates for such a hybrid power train include the Pilot and Odyssey and Acura’s MDX. Smaller SUV models such as the Honda CR-V and Element would be less likely to get a hybrid power plant. The choice seems a bit odd in that Honda has a hybrid Civic on sale in the United States, and putting that power plant in the CR-V, which is based on the Civic, would be relatively easy.
But Amemiya pointed out that fuel savings from a hybrid V-6 would be significantly greater than a hybrid four-cylinder when compared with their conventional counterparts. Although he didn’t say so, a hybrid V-6 also could be Honda’s response to persistent calls from some of its dealers for a V-8 engine. Amemiya also hopes to add a hybrid car to a lineup that includes the Insight and Civic. “I want to get both” a hybrid car and a hybrid SUV, he told Automotive News.
Amemiya also said Honda will continue to place a high priority on improving the fuel economy of its gasoline models. He added that Honda has not decided whether to add a hybrid light truck to its offerings. Hybrids are expensive, and Honda wants to be sure that a hybrid SUV will appeal to American customers before giving the OK for its development.
Honda is seeing signs that rising gasoline prices are boosting hybrid sales. With war looming in Iraq and oil prices soaring, sales of the hybrid Civic totaled more than 2,200 in February, well above the monthly average of just more than 1,500 since its debut in March 2002.
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