Misplaced Blame For Hybrids Not Selling

J.J. Jackson* | April 17, 2006

FOX NEWS:
NEW YORK ? Honda Motor Co. (HMC) may cut production of the Honda Accord hybrid because sales have been so slow, Honda Executive Vice President Dick Colliver said Thursday at the New York Auto Show.

The reason?

Colliver said the problem with the Accord is that the hybrid system is paired with a V6 engine, compared to the smaller 4-cylinder engine in the Civic, and consumers aren’t convinced it will offer them any fuel savings.

and that

“The general public doesn’t grasp there is such a thing as a performance hybrid,” [Jack] Nerad said.

That’s right, we’re all stupid. Ho hum.

Problem here Jack is the people don’t want Hybrids! Not even the Liberals!

[Honda] expects to sell 25,000 hybrid Civics this year, or 8 percent of its total Civic volume.

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