Honda Insight hybrid will be upgrading
Friday, June 3, 2011 by admin
The company Honda has decided to significantly refine the popular hybrid Insight, whose sales have recently dropped as potential buyers are increasingly drawn attention to some technical failures machines.
Thus, the main grievances of the customers has caused the behavior of the car at high speeds on rough road. For good coverage in urban areas has a car overturned, but on the track or bad coverage Insight behaves somewhat "nervous". And criticized the lack of noise insulation and not-so record on the economy, with a total capacity of small hybrid power plants, especially in comparison with the main competitor - Toyota Prius.
Honda intends to respond quickly to changes in numbers of sales and to prevent potential rejection of the purchase by those who intend to buy a hybrid. In the first instance will be re-suspension model: its excessive softness adjusted, the same applies to the steering, which will become clearer. The British publication Autocar says that Honda will make changes to the design of cars, already coming down the conveyor, without waiting for a planned restyling, that is, as soon as possible.
Recall, Insight was launched in the market is extremely successful: the model was the first in the history of hybrids, took the first line in the ranking of the monthly sales in Japan. This happened in April, the result was 10 481 units. But in May, Japan's market for a new generation Toyota Prius and Insight beginning to deliver position. The drop in sales in May were quite dramatic - 8 183 cars. Moreover, Insight half gave way to the popularity of a recognized best-selling Honda Fit, which a month later went to Japan in the circulation of 13 016 copies.
Thus, the main grievances of the customers has caused the behavior of the car at high speeds on rough road. For good coverage in urban areas has a car overturned, but on the track or bad coverage Insight behaves somewhat "nervous". And criticized the lack of noise insulation and not-so record on the economy, with a total capacity of small hybrid power plants, especially in comparison with the main competitor - Toyota Prius.
Honda intends to respond quickly to changes in numbers of sales and to prevent potential rejection of the purchase by those who intend to buy a hybrid. In the first instance will be re-suspension model: its excessive softness adjusted, the same applies to the steering, which will become clearer. The British publication Autocar says that Honda will make changes to the design of cars, already coming down the conveyor, without waiting for a planned restyling, that is, as soon as possible.
Recall, Insight was launched in the market is extremely successful: the model was the first in the history of hybrids, took the first line in the ranking of the monthly sales in Japan. This happened in April, the result was 10 481 units. But in May, Japan's market for a new generation Toyota Prius and Insight beginning to deliver position. The drop in sales in May were quite dramatic - 8 183 cars. Moreover, Insight half gave way to the popularity of a recognized best-selling Honda Fit, which a month later went to Japan in the circulation of 13 016 copies.
