http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?se...9&page_number=1



Bottom Line: They made two major changes from the current Civic Hybrid:

- Installed an engine that can switch between V6 & V3 on demand
- Installed a small secondary A/C to keep cabin cool during engine stop


I don't think I would buy one. I prefer efficiency to speed. (Which is why I bought an Insight.) Also, I don't understand why the highway mpg is only 36? If the car operates on just 3 cylinders while highway cruising, which is 1.5 liters, shouldn't the highway MPG be up in the 40s?

My opinion:

I think the Accord Hybrid is just an offshoot of the Honda philosophy to "put hybrid technology in any car" they want.

They just chose the Accord because it's one of the best selling cars they have.

The success of the Honda technology is that it takes the MPG that the model of that car got and improves it RELATIVE to the gas version of the same car.

That way, they get their technology in a "mainstream" car and can learn from it for future models.

just my opinion...........

Check out this Accord Diesel I just found

... it gets ~45 mpg (U.S.) highway:

http://www.honda.co.uk/

There is a whole thread on this car which you have posted to:

http://greenhybrid.com/discuss/index...opic=1133&st=0