On Wednesday the company Honda has published the first official image of the serial hybrid version of Insight, which was intended Japanese automakers, should be the cheapest machine of this kind in the world.Recall that the prime minister conceptual version of Insight in October this year at MOTORSHOW in Paris. Commercial vehicle show the general public in January at an exhibition in Detroit.
Five Honda Insight is equipped with a hybrid power plant, which combines a 1.4-liter gasoline engine model of Jazz and electric motor that receives power from a set of batteries, located beneath the luggage. According to several foreign editions, this car will be offered only one transmission - Variator. Top speed Insight movements solely on electric - 50 miles per hour. Official data on the economy and greener cars are not listed yet, but according to the magazine Car, the level of CO2 emissions will be equivalent to 100 grams per kilometer of road.
The company intends to begin selling Honda Insight spring of 2009 and produce 200 thousand of such cars annually. As previously reported, the cost of hybrid in Japan will be about two million yen (18.5 thousand U.S. dollars), while Toyota, producing main competitor Insight - hetchbek Prius, will reduce the price of a new generation of the model (this car now costs around 22 thousand dollars). Recall that the debut of the new Prius is also due to take place at the motor show in Detroit.
