Honda Have Sold 800,000 Units Hybrids

Honda Insight Hybrid 2012

At the Frankfurt Motor Show that will come soon, Honda will introduce its Insight Hybrid for 2012 to the public, next to the Eropean market, Civic 5d hatchback.The Honda Hybrid model is coming with new tweaks. For the first time, its emissions of CO2 drop to 96 g/km.The carmaker claims that this achievement comes from some improvements such as engine friction that is reduced, some changes to the air conditioning that is now using cold storage system, revised CVT transmission and reduced fuel consumption. For the outside, the 2012 Insight comes with some changes including fresh front grill and front bumper that is restyled. At the back, it is completed with smaller spoiler that makes it possible for larger glass area. And for better back visibility, it uses the slimmer wiper.

Honda opens up the 2012 sales report by announcing their latest achievement in selling 800,000 units if hybrid vehicle all over the world. The Big Red H Japanese carmaker is proud of what they achieved although their primary goal is to take down Toyota with the Prius selling record. The first time Honda sold the hybrid vehicle was back in November 1999 where the first Honda Insight took the initial delivery. It means that in order to achieve total selling of 800,000 units; Honda needs 12 years and 2 months.

We traced back the history as Honda launched the second version of Insight hybrid in 2009 in order to compete against the popular Toyota Prius. Since then, Honda has been developing Insight hybrid for six vehicles in total. It is understandable because Honda shares the same enthusiast with Toyota in term of making Earth for better place for the future generation.