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Just anouced in the US "Honda is discontinuing it's Accord hybrid. It wasn't being accepted by the Americans. They are conceeding the battle to Toyota.
What struck me is the fact that even as a hybrid with a V6 engine, was not getting better milage or less emmissions the the standad Accord V6.
Toyota is looking serious at the Prius as the new Government fuel milage ratings are not the same as Toyota claimed.
Toyota built more then 60,000 Prius which ment that there where no longer any Tax incentives to build or buy this modle. Reulting Toyota maybe serious looking at weather the Prius is a vialble or profitable vehical to produce.
The Honda Accord with a clean diesel engine is expected to make its debut in 2009. While there is no official word as of yet, Honda is more than likely to bring the clean diesel 2.2 liter i-CTDi engine to the US.
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