Cheap hybrid cars. That's been Honda's recent hybrid mantra, and the mantra will be taken to a new level when the Fit hybrid launches sometime in 2010.
According to the most current reports coming out of Honda, the Honda Fit hybrid, much like the rest of Honda's new hybrid vehicles will cost about $1900 more than its conventional version. Such a price should still keep the Fit hybrid price a good bit under the Insight hybrid.
Regardless, the Fit hybrid will utilize the Integrated Motor Assist powertrain, and it will probably pair a 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, much like the rest of Honda's hybrid vehicles.
Unfortunately, it isn't very clear when the new Fit hybrid vehicle will go on sale here in America.
Currently, Honda hasn't even guaranteed that the Fit hybrid will be sold anywhere but Japan when it goes on sale some time next year - probably towards the end of the year. Thus, the Fit hybrid might not hit the States until 2011.
