Hybrid power for Honda Jazz

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 26 Aug 2010, 05:29

The Telegraph - 25/08/10

Honda has announced that it will launch a hybrid version of its popular Jazz, making it the first supermini to use such technology.

Due to go on sale in the UK from early next year, the Jazz borrows the hybrid drivetrain from Honda's Insight, meaning a 1.3-litre petrol engine combined with an electric motor and CVT gearbox.

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JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 26 Aug 2010, 10:32

Surely hybrids are more complex than a conventional internal combustion engined car, and are therefore even more dependent on hi-tech maintenance facilities. They may be "green" in a greenwash kind of way, but will they have shorter lives because maintenance might be unaffordable or not available in the future?

A good old fashioned car that you could fix with a hammer and some bits of string could be made to last for years! Surely they could have been developed to use less fuel and have lower emissions. I know that for some years they were badly built and had short lives, but that wasn't the fault of the basic design.

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 27 Aug 2010, 00:58

It's all the electronic gizmo's that give the high mileage per gallon/litre. They monitor all sorts of things and adjust fuel and timing to suit.