wolfraven -
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Originally Posted by wolfraven
Actually, the new Insight uses the Fit's engine and a few other components...so a Fit hybrid is merely them taking the electric motor and the trans and putting it back where they found it...but I forgot they were doing that lol!
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Ha ha, that makes a *lot* of sense. There were lots of rumors that the Fit would be used as the mule for a new super-cheap Honda hybrid.
For the USA, I can understand Honda doing the "Prius Thing" where the car is also an eco-statement. One complaint (that I read) of the Honda Civic/Accord hybrids was the lack of "status" associated with the cars because they didn't *look* like hybrids (hmmmm, that makes me wonder if an aero-pack option would have made a difference). The rest of the world loves the Fit, so why not offer a non-USA hybrid Fit?
CarloSW2