Re: Toyota and Honda future lineup changes
My take on the Honda lineup changes:
-- Civic Diesel: That would be pretty cool. A "clean" diesel might get close to 40 MPG and be an intermediate option between the standard Civic and the hybrid.
-- Fit: I'm already hopelessly obsessed with this car. I'm going to own one when my hybrid is paid off. If there's a hybrid Fit, that would just be awesome!
-- Mystery Hybrid Car: A sedan version of Fit would make sense. It both cars use the same frame and engine, then it will be likely that the Fit could be offered as a hybrid.
-- Ridgeline: Who cares about huge v8 engines anymore? A hybrid Ridgeline would be cool -- assuming Honda finds a way to give IMA some towing capability.
-- Accord: I could understand them dropping the HAH in favor of diesel, since a diesel Accord would probably beat the HAH in fuel economy.
-- Insight: I'll miss this little critter. It's a shame that Honda doesn't want to redesign it (say, as a tiny 2-seat convertable ala MG Spitfire or something like that.)
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I would have loved an MR2 Spyder.
