Who would have thought it, while everybody has been going on about how great a Hybrid car is a Honda Diesel has just gone and made Hybrids look stupid. A diesel Honda Accord has managed to get 62.8 MPG, thanks to the use of clean diesel.
Honda hope to bring this new clean diesel Honda Accord to the US by 2010, this could cause trouble for the Hybrid as they cannot get the sort of mileage that this diesel gets, and the price tag for a Hybrid is far higher than that of a diesel equivalent.
But that is not all, because if you run the Accord on biodiesel, this is diesel which has been made from either vegetable oil or animal fat, and then it would be far cleaner than even the Prius.
If these figures are true then why would anyone want to purchase a Hybrid, as the fuel economy is lower and the Hybrid cars are generally much more expensive than a diesel?
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I’m getting a honda accord
I would double check your $, I doubt a diesel in 2010 would be as cheap as you think. The new clean motors are more costly.
This is a TOTALLY bogus story. This diesel may be clean, but it will not come close to the Prius. And if these numbers are true, which I doubt, just think how good the numbers WOULD be if it was also a hybrid. A hybrid has nothing to do with what you use to fuel your auto. A hybrid steam engine will get about 35% better numbers.
Peter do your homework before you engage your word processor …you are sadly short on the facts here. Are you working for Honda?
Hi, sorry if I you feel that I have given you wrong information, I found this story from news.com is a reliable source.
Thanks
Peter
Peter, thanks for bringing this to our attention. The same “sky is falling” crowd who love the hybrid are always going to hate diesel as they equate it with another hated word, “CAPITALISM”. Keep up the good work, jack
You are right except when hybrids go to lithium and plug in becomes feasible they will get around 100 even a diesel can’t compete by the way if you do city driving a prius is much better. if you do highway at this point a diesel is better but I praise honda especially if they do suv’s but hybrid technology is the future
Why wait until 2010? Honda could capture a huge share of the market NOW.