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2009 Honda FCX Clarity Preparations
Honda is contacting volunteers in California to lease its Clarity fuel-cell vehicle.
Honda is ramping up for production of its FCX Clarity, the industry’s first dedicated fuel-cell vehicle for customer use. The automaker will begin assembly in May in Tochigi, Japan, and will build a small pool of vehicles available for lease in the U.S. this summer.
A still-secret number of consumers will be able to lease a Clarity fuel-cell vehicle for $600 a month for three years, which will include maintenance and insurance. The lessee must pay for the hydrogen, which costs about $5 per kilogram in compressed-gas form. The Clarity’s fuel tank will hold about five kilograms. That amount is good for a range of about 270 miles, giving the Clarity fuel economy equivalent to 68 mpg, or about two times the efficiency of a conventional gasoline engine, says Steve Ellis, manager of FCV marketing for American Honda, in an interview with Car and Driver at the National Hydrogen Association conference this week in Sacramento, California.
The fuel-cell stack in the Clarity provides 50-percent-more output from only 65 percent of the size of the unit in Honda’s current FCX, a two-door hatch that has been on the road since 2002. And although the previous FCX augmented the stack with nickel-metal hydride batteries and now has a range of 210 miles, the 2008 Clarity will have a range of 270 miles and will use lithium-ion batteries for power assist and to store energy regenerated in braking.
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Honda fit sport 5 Speed Manual
The 2007 Honda Fit is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, or sports sedan, available in 4 trims, ranging from the 5-Spd MT to the Sport 5-Spd AT.
Upon introduction, the 5-Spd MT is equipped with a standard 1.5-liter, I4, 109-horsepower engine that achieves 33-mpg in the city and 38-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The Sport 5-Spd AT is equipped with a standard 1.5-liter, I4, 109-horsepower engine that achieves 31-mpg in the city and 37-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2007 Honda Fit is all-new for 2007.
Popularity: 11% [?]
Honda Civic Coupe EX 5-Spd AT
The 2006 Honda Civic Coupe is a 2-door, 5-passenger family coupe, available in 8 trims, ranging from the DX 5-Spd MT to the EX 5-Spd AT w/ Navigation System.
Upon introduction, the DX 5-Spd MT is equipped with a standard 1.8-liter, I4, 140-horsepower engine that achieves 30-mpg in the city and 38-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The EX 5-Spd AT w/ Navigation System is equipped with a standard 1.8-liter, I4, 140-horsepower engine that achieves 30-mpg in the city and 40-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2006 Honda Civic Coupe is redesigned for 2006.
Popularity: 9% [?]
