Japan's Nikkei business daily is reporting that Honda has pushed up the schedule on the Fit Hybrid by a year and half - coming out in the Fall of 2010 instead of the Spring of 2012. With a target price of $15,800, maybe this will finally be a "hybrid for everyone". That is if Honda actually does something to the IMA system to bump MPGs by more than a measly 5 MPG over the current 33 MPG.
What would be a reasonable fuel economy rating that you would like to see on the 2011 Honda Fit Hybrid?
Reuters article:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co plans to roll out a gas-electric hybrid version of its Fit subcompact in the autumn of 2010, about a year and half ahead of the original schedule, to tap growing demand for low-emission cars, Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.
The automaker aims to sell the Fit hybrid for about 1.5 million yen ($15,800), below the price of 1.89 million yen for its Insight hybrid, and expects annual sales of over 50,000 vehicles, the paper said without citing sources.
Separately, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday that Toyota Motor Corp plans to resume overtime at its factory in Aichi, central Japan, next month in response to strong demand for its new Prius hybrid.
The company has received orders for more than 110,000 vehicles and plans to raise monthly output of the model by 20 percent from the original schedule to about 50,000 cars, NHK said.
($1=94.70 Yen) (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)
