Hybrid Cars - Do Your Civic Duty: Buy A Honda Hybrid (Part 2)
For many of the vehicles sold in the western United States, the Civic offers a zero emissions vehicle status, which is a real plus when you live in an environment that requires low emissions. The car itself offers a very sleek and sporty look. The interior is very functional, but looks a bit plain. There is a center storage console that also functions as an armrest. The Civic hybrid has rear headrests, and front bucket seats, with the driver’s seat being height adjustable, a nice feature for people of varying sizes. Unlike the traditional Civic, the rear seat does not fold in the hybrid because of the necessary space for the hybrid’s battery pack.
The hybrid does well in terms of collision tests, and most people consider it to be one of the safer vehicles on the road today. This car offers an electric based power steering system, and the wheels are a light alloy to reduce the weight of the vehicle. The Civic gets over forty miles to a gallon of gasoline, and features Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist engine system. This combines a gas engine with a DC motor-generator unit. As a result, it is never used as a wholly electric vehicle. The Civic hybrid is great for city driving, as it has excellent low speed acceleration, and it is also good for highway driving as well.
One final Honda Hybrid option is the Honda Accord hybrid. This vehicle, like Honda’s other hybrid offerings makes use of its Integrated Motor Assist engine system. It is also the first V-6 hybrid vehicle in the world. The Accord hybrid gets thirty seven miles to a gallon of gasoline on the highway and twenty-nine miles to a gallon in the city. It offers two hundred and sixty horsepower and offers several weight saving features like aluminum hood and bumper beams as well as a magnesium engine head cover to give the car more bang for the hybrid buck.
Honda has a number of hybrid offerings that all offer the benefits of a hybrid vehicle. Honda’s unique technology, like the Integrated Motor Assist engine system, makes it a leader in the production of hybrid vehicle technology.