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2007 Honda Accord Hybrid Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Under the Hood The Accord was the first hybrid to utilize a V-6 engine, combined with the usual electric motor and battery pack. The V-6 uses Honda's Variable Cylinder Management to deactivate three of the six cylinders when the car is cruising or slowing, for added efficiency. This model was also the first and is still one of few hybrids to employ a conventional step-gear automatic transmission, a five-speed, instead of a continuously variable transmission. This makes the car feel more natural for people who are most comfortable with cars that behave as they always have. The Accord Hybrid's... |
For many years, ever-rising gas prices have encouraged more and more car drivers to make the switch to cars with hybrid drivetrains. But with the first hybrids well over 10... April 9, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 23
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The Honda Accord Hybrid never really caught on. Sales were low from the get go and Honda really had little choice but to cancel the vehicle. Other Honda hybrids like the... October 31, 2009 by Eric Loveday 4
Honda has the highest average fleet mileage of any volume carmaker selling in the U.S. market today. And it's had that distinction for many years. But in the face of the... October 26, 2009 by John Voelcker 3