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Details about the approaching Fit Hybrid has been floating around for more than a year, however Honda has formally launched pictures and also details about the production automobile before the official debut at the 2010 Paris Car Show in Sept.
As has been long speculated, the Fit Hybrid uses a powertrain that Honda hybrid fanatics are most certainly familiar with. Honda packs a similar parallel hybrid powertrain used in the current Insight into the small Fit hatchback, providing it with a 1. 3-liter I-4, a continuously variable transmission, and also an electric motor sandwiched between the 2. Based on Honda, the setup is good for 98 horse power and also 123 pound-feet of torque, which is not a dramatic departure from the 117 ponies and also 106 pound-feet delivered by the Fit's regular 1. 5-liter I-4.
2011 Honda Fit Hybrid Back Three Quarter View
To flaunt it's green powertrain, Honda outfitted the Fit Hybrid up with a brand new grille, blue-tinted headlamps, revised bumper skins, clear taillights, and also chrome tailgate trim. If that is not attention-grabbing enough for customers, they can spring for an unique Lime Green metallic paint (pictured). Inside, Honda blessed the cabin with a brand new dashboard and also instrument panel (here's hoping they are rolled out across the entire Fit lineup), and also European versions are offered with optional leather seating surfaces.
Gasoline economy and also emissions figures for the Fit Hybrid have not been completed, but early reports recommend it bests the Insight's 40/43 mpg (city/highway) EPA rankings, which places it far ahead of the 28/35 mpg rating gained by a regular Fit with a computerized transmission. Expect Honda's preliminary numbers to emerge closer to the auto show, along with a price tag. We have heard gossips that the Fit Hybrid could undercut the Insight's price tag with a base cost of roughly $17, 800.
According to Honda, sales of the Fit Hybrid will begin in Europe early next year, but a timetable for a possible U. S. launch has yet to be introduced.
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
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| 2011 Honda Fit Hybrid |
As has been long speculated, the Fit Hybrid uses a powertrain that Honda hybrid fanatics are most certainly familiar with. Honda packs a similar parallel hybrid powertrain used in the current Insight into the small Fit hatchback, providing it with a 1. 3-liter I-4, a continuously variable transmission, and also an electric motor sandwiched between the 2. Based on Honda, the setup is good for 98 horse power and also 123 pound-feet of torque, which is not a dramatic departure from the 117 ponies and also 106 pound-feet delivered by the Fit's regular 1. 5-liter I-4.
2011 Honda Fit Hybrid Back Three Quarter View
To flaunt it's green powertrain, Honda outfitted the Fit Hybrid up with a brand new grille, blue-tinted headlamps, revised bumper skins, clear taillights, and also chrome tailgate trim. If that is not attention-grabbing enough for customers, they can spring for an unique Lime Green metallic paint (pictured). Inside, Honda blessed the cabin with a brand new dashboard and also instrument panel (here's hoping they are rolled out across the entire Fit lineup), and also European versions are offered with optional leather seating surfaces.
Gasoline economy and also emissions figures for the Fit Hybrid have not been completed, but early reports recommend it bests the Insight's 40/43 mpg (city/highway) EPA rankings, which places it far ahead of the 28/35 mpg rating gained by a regular Fit with a computerized transmission. Expect Honda's preliminary numbers to emerge closer to the auto show, along with a price tag. We have heard gossips that the Fit Hybrid could undercut the Insight's price tag with a base cost of roughly $17, 800.
According to Honda, sales of the Fit Hybrid will begin in Europe early next year, but a timetable for a possible U. S. launch has yet to be introduced.
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
