What Happens When Super Efficiency Meets Surging Power
What Happens When Super Efficiency Meets Surging Power
It looks like an Accord. It rides and drives like an Accord. Heck, it even smells like an Accord, but no, this is no regular Accord. It's an Accord
About this Accord; in a nutshell, it's the third hybrid vehicle that Honda has committed to production and a new entry for 2005. Its role as environmentally friendly family transportation follows the compact Civic Hybrid sedan and the miniscule but ecologically sound Insight, but unlike the previous two trials, Honda has chosen a different tactic. Beneath its ordinary-clothes exterior lie advancements that place it bounds ahead of even the most technically advanced hybrid Honda makes. It's also the best Honda hybrid
For the sake of brevity, I won't dance around the Accord's impressive stats and accomplished goals for too long. With Honda's IMA hybrid system, a "mild hybrid" system which operates in conjunction with the standard gasoline motor, Honda has effectively created a system that further boosts the V6 powertrain. Electrical assist makes for a 7.9 L/100 km city, 5.9 L/100 km highway rating possible, which bests not only the regular Accord V6 by some 43%, but the regular four-cylinder model as well. Heck, it even verges in on the Civic's ratings, which as far as I'm concerned is pretty darned good! When driven appropriately, it's possible to extract a diesel-like 1000+ km per tank. Related ArticlesRecent Articles
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