cars: Honda accord hybrid

Sunday, 8 July 2012

Honda accord hybrid

Honda offered the Accord Hybrid in the United States and Canada in the 2005 through 2007model years. Produced in Sayama, Japan, Accord Hybrid was the company's third hybridmodel when the 2005 model was introduced in late 2004, following the Insight and Civic Hybrid.^[10] The Accord Hybrid was priced US$3,000 higher than the "EX V6" model Accord, and retained substantially the same trim and feature levels (although the 2005 model did not include the power sunroof). Honda positioned the Accord Hybrid at the top of its non-Acuralineup in North America.While this new vehicle shared the same displacement as the regular Accord V6 powerplant, the engine in the hybrid was derived from the 2005 Honda Odyssey minivan and has the ability to shut off three of the six cylinders under certain conditions for better fuel economy (a technology that Honda calls VCM or Variable Cylinder Management).