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Last Auto account – Honda Acumen at Detroit Honda is traveling Prius-hunting with its affordable amalgam the Insight, and we've got all the details.
Honda is assuming some absolute acumen with its latest model! Billed as the affordable hybrid, Honda aims to attenuate the accustomed bazaar baton the Prius, while alms bigger active dynamics and outstanding ammunition economy. And afterward the car’s additional airing at a above motor appearance in Detroit, Auto Express has all the details.

Based on an continued wheelbase adaptation of the Jazz platform, the Acumen offers a applied five-door auto layout, but it’s what’s beneath the derma that’s breaking new ground. Honda’s â??Integrated Motor Assist’ couples a 88bhp 1.3-litre petrol engine with a 13bhp electric motor for active performance. But added chiefly it’s lighter and cheaper to body that Toyota’s â??Hybrid Synergy Drive’ – appropriately prices will alpha from about £14.995.

Throw in an ultra-efficient CVT gearbox, and an Eco Assist approach that uses bar archive and the speedometer backlight to adviser your eco-performance, consistent in a accumulated fuel-economy of 64.2mpg and CO2 emissions of just 101g/km.

And Auto Express was the aboriginal to get abaft the wheel! Click actuality to apprehend our abounding adjudication on one of 2009′s a lot of important new cars.