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#11 (**permalink**) 17 Nov 2003, 03:00 pm

"SM" <smarohn@ev1.net> wrote in message news:<vqnpvu3krsfb1c@corp.supernews.com>...
> Honda Civic will be the most current. You will pay thousands more for
> hybrid. Check with Honda to see what you must do to tow automatic
> transmission.

Hybrid Civic is only $20K, and is absolutely loaded with features;
that's only a grand or two more than list for the EX/SI, which might
need to have a few items optioned on. I'm sure Honda is losing $20k on
each of them.

#12 (**permalink**) 18 Nov 2003, 09:49 am

gzuckier@yahoo.com (z) wrote in message news:<b5b4685f.0311171200.296a07f3@posting.google. com>...

> I'm sure Honda is losing $20k on each of them.

Not likely. The car is still a Civic and borrows a lot - if not most
- of its parts and engineering from the rest of the Civic line. Sure,
there was some R&D on the hybrid technology, but I'm sure that Honda
plans to amortize that cost across various hybrid models.

-John

#13 (**permalink**) 19 Nov 2003, 03:02 pm

johnours@yahoo.com (John Ours) wrote in message news:<a2a85e45.0311180649.3f8fec98@posting.google. com>...
> gzuckier@yahoo.com (z) wrote in message news:<b5b4685f.0311171200.296a07f3@posting.google. com>...
>
> > I'm sure Honda is losing $20k on each of them.
>
> Not likely. The car is still a Civic and borrows a lot - if not most
> - of its parts and engineering from the rest of the Civic line. Sure,
> there was some R&D on the hybrid technology, but I'm sure that Honda
> plans to amortize that cost across various hybrid models.
>
> -John

Could be. I just saw an article on the new Prius today, which said
there was about $5k of technology in the hybridness, so presumably
Honda isn't that far off.

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