Honda Accord PHEV: 115 MPGe for $39,780

According to Honda's site the Accord PHV is only being sold in NY and Ca.

 

The Fusion Energi is selling well in relation to Fusion hybrid sales, and it has about the same size trunk as the Accord PHV. So it isn't the trunk space that is the issue. What is the issue is that for the price of the Fusion-E, the HAPI has the EV range of the PPI. While the Ford might have suspect gas efficiency numbers, it does deliver twice the EV range.

Then Honda dealers adding $1000 of dealer installed extras, and then a $4000 mark up because they can, isn't going to help sales.

 

Is Honda preventing out of state sales? Is pent up demand driving sales? The Fusion hybrid was available in previous years with the first generation. The Accord hybrid has been off the market for years. While the PHV has less cargo space, it is more comfortable in the cabin than the Civic and Insight. We'll probably have to wait until the HAPI expands its market and the non-plug in is available to draw clear conclusions.

The take rate of the C-max Energi is the same has the Fusion. It loses cargo space, but has a hatchback the impact is less with the greater amount to begin with. For comparison, without loss of cargo space, the Prius PHV take rate, adjust for the limited states it's for sale in, is a little better than 7%. Despite the reduction of cargo space, a C-max or Fusion hybrid shopper is twice as likely as a Prius shopper to go plug in.

 

Before the Accord thread becomes a Zombie ... I saw this in our employee parking today, speaking of sales in Cali ... my 1st one in the wild/in the flesh :



I just hope it does well. Oh and yes ... one more plug-in fighting for the limited number of charge stalls. Even so, I'm glad I get to see the day that crowded away-from-home charge spots would become an issue
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I just did some zip code searches on truecar.com. If one is to look outside of money making metro areas, the HAPI price is actually $1000 under MSRP. So I assume one can do a little better with self negotiation.

 

Sorry to be so late answering this. 4 cyl and auto. The tranny went at 22,000 miles, still under warrantee. No problem there, although it turned out to be just one of many engineering lapses in the car. It was mainly the little matter of what should have been a 7 1/2 cent fuse in the fuse box to control some of the dash lights, that instead was a 7 1/2 cent resistor on a $750.00 circuit board inside the radio, that Honda refused to fix under their extended warrantee for just that issue. But there were other engineering oddities and annoyances that indicated to me the possibility of either an entirely new engineering staff in Japan, or possibly a US engineering staff. I decided after a lifetime of loyalty to the brand, it was time for a change - at least for autos.