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Details about the approaching Fit Hybrid has been floating around for greater than a year, yet Honda offers formally launched pictures and also information about the manufacturing automobile before the recognized debut at the 2010 Paris Car Show in Sept.
As has been long speculated, the Fit Hybrid runs on the powertrain that Honda hybrid fanatics are most definitely familiar with. Honda packs a similar parallel hybrid powertrain utilized in the current Insight into the little Fit hatchback, providing it with a 1. 3-liter I-4, a continuously variable transmission, and also an electric engine sandwiched between the 2. Based on Honda, the setup will work for 98 horse power and also 123 pound-feet of torque, which is not a dramatic leaving from the 117 ponies and also 106 pound-feet shipped by the Fit's regular 1. 5-liter I-4.
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
As has been long speculated, the Fit Hybrid runs on the powertrain that Honda hybrid fanatics are most definitely familiar with. Honda packs a similar parallel hybrid powertrain utilized in the current Insight into the little Fit hatchback, providing it with a 1. 3-liter I-4, a continuously variable transmission, and also an electric engine sandwiched between the 2. Based on Honda, the setup will work for 98 horse power and also 123 pound-feet of torque, which is not a dramatic leaving from the 117 ponies and also 106 pound-feet shipped by the Fit's regular 1. 5-liter I-4.
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011 Rear Three Quarter View
To flaunt its green powertrain, Honda dressed the Fit Hybrid up with a new grille, blue-tinted headlamps, revised bumper skins, clear taillights, and chrome tailgate trim. If that isn't attention-grabbing enough for buyers, they can spring for an unique Lime Green metallic paint (pictured). Inside, Honda blessed the cabin with a new dashboard and instrument panel (here's hoping they're rolled out across the entire Fit lineup), and European models are offered with optional leather seating surfaces.
Fuel economy and emissions figures for the Fit Hybrid haven't been finalized, but early reports suggest it bests the Insight's 40/43 mpg (city/highway) EPA ratings, which places it far ahead of the 28/35 mpg rating earned by a normal Fit with an automatic transmission. Expect Honda's preliminary numbers to emerge closer to the auto show, along with a price tag. We've heard rumors that the Fit Hybrid could undercut the Insight's price tag with a base price 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 announced.
To flaunt its green powertrain, Honda dressed the Fit Hybrid up with a new grille, blue-tinted headlamps, revised bumper skins, clear taillights, and chrome tailgate trim. If that isn't attention-grabbing enough for buyers, they can spring for an unique Lime Green metallic paint (pictured). Inside, Honda blessed the cabin with a new dashboard and instrument panel (here's hoping they're rolled out across the entire Fit lineup), and European models are offered with optional leather seating surfaces.
Fuel economy and emissions figures for the Fit Hybrid haven't been finalized, but early reports suggest it bests the Insight's 40/43 mpg (city/highway) EPA ratings, which places it far ahead of the 28/35 mpg rating earned by a normal Fit with an automatic transmission. Expect Honda's preliminary numbers to emerge closer to the auto show, along with a price tag. We've heard rumors that the Fit Hybrid could undercut the Insight's price tag with a base price 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 announced.
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Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
Honda Fit Hybrid 2011
