The Next Generation No or Low Carbon Hondas



Honda has confirmed plans to bring its most exciting ‘green’ cars into production. In addition to the production version of the FCX hydrogen fuel cell car to be unveiled next month at the LA Motor Show and scheduled to go on sale in the US and Japan in 2008,Honda will launch a compact lightweight sports coupe based on the CR-Z concept (above) and powered by a hybrid powertrain at adate date yet to be announced .

The recent announcement by Honda’s President and CEO, Takeo Fukui,marks the beginning of the next generation of environmentally-friendlier vehicles ,sporting designs likely to appeal to a wide audience.

“Hybrids have always been seen as niche products, and hybrid car design has mostly been based around practicality and versatility,” says John Kingston, Environment Manager at Honda (UK). “The CR-Z Concept looks stunning, and shows that green cars can be sexy and exciting – but also minimise environmental impact."

Honda will be looking to sell over 1/4 million hybrids a year by 2009

The CR-Z Concept follows in the tyre prints of the Honda Remix Concept (seen at the LA Show last year), and the Small Hybrid Sports Concept (first out at Geneva in March) all of which explore the potential of a compact sportscar that’s exciting to drive, but has minimal impact on the environment.

For more exciting pictures from the Honda display stand at the Tokyo Motor Show, featuring the CR-Z,FCX concept,and the PUYO concept, click here for Paul Harmer's website.