Friday, July 2, 2010
Jazz Hybrid in Japan Only Rp 150 Million
CEO of Honda Motor Corp. Takanobu Ito had expressed disappointment over the performance of the Insight hybrid car sales. Honda are now preparing a new hybrid of jazz-based but has the same components with Insight. Jazz hybrid some time ago had caught on camera being tested by Honda. Like the Japanese daily Nikkei reported, and quoted by Reuters on Thursday (24/06/2010), which is a combination hybrid car Insight Jazz and it will be released for 1.5 million yen (approximately USD 150 million with the exchange rate of 1 yen = Rp 100.4) in Japan. This means the price is 400,000 yen cheaper than the Insight, but 200,000 yen more expensive than Jazz or Fit. The new car could drive up to 30 km per liter, slightly increased from the most efficient fuel consumption for the Jazz that is 25 km per liter. This new hybrid course will increasingly create competitive pole hybrid cars in Japan increased. In addition to Honda, Toyota also reportedly will issue a new hybrid next year.
IIMS enlivened Honda CR-Z
After a show in Jakarta Fair, this time officially turn a hybrid variant of the Honda CR-Z presented by the holders of its brand in Indonesia, PT Honda Prospect Motor. Obviously this is going to be a main attraction, considering that in addition to the energetic model, the Honda CR-Z is not only environmentally friendly cars, but also sporting. Yulian Karfili, Assistant Chief Corporate Communication PT Honda Prospect Motor convey it. He said the presence of the CR-Z is not only customize the theme of environmentally friendly course. "But Honda went further, by presenting an environmentally friendly sports car with the CR-Z," he said in Jakarta (23/06/2010) Honda CR-Z itself is the latest Honda car that has a modern external appearance with kitchen spur collaboration conventional 1.5-liter gasoline engine with an electric motor. Gasoline engine alone could generate power to 113 hp at 6,000 rpm and 145nm of torque at 4800 rpm. That's not to mention the gasoline engine electric motor that can generate power 13.4 hp at 1500 rpm, with peak torque of 78 Nm at 1000 rpm rotation. This car was released at a price of 2.27 million yen, or approximately USD 235.1 million in Japan, and became a mainstay of the Honda in the segment of environment-friendly car than the Honda Insight.
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