Orders flooded Honda Insight Hybrid

Orders flooded Honda Insight Hybrid

NAGOYA, TUESDAY - Outside the allegations, order of the Honda Insight hybrid will continue. Months ago when starting a new market, orders have reached 10,000 units. According to management, such as Honda cited news AP, up to now the number of orders to Insight has reached 18,000 units.The high demand for hybrid vehicles (gas and electric) to be of extraordinary news that the Honda Motor Corp. (HMC), especially for the car industry that is now again wrestle with the global decline the request. In fact, the second largest car manufacturer in Japan that only target the 5000 units per month.Insight peminat hikes may be triggered by a matter of price dibanderol 1.89 million yen (19,000 U.S. dollars) in Japan, while for the American market dipatok 20,000 U.S. dollars that began April and the European future of this month. The price is quite cheap for the commercial market.Based on the data submitted by the HMC, to February, the Insight sold 4906 units and was ranked among 10-to hybrid vehicle models and the combined regular.As for competitors, Toyota Prius, to be ranked by the total 12-4524 unit sales every month. Prius prices in the Japanese yen and 2.3 million in the United States 22,000 U.S. dollars. Last year, total Prius sales in the world as much as 285,700 units. This May, will leave the new generation Prius III.HMC expects, at the end of fiscal year 2008 the end of March this fall, they take advantage of Rp 80 billion yen (809 million U.S. dollars).