Imported from Thailand, the 2015 Honda Accord Sport Hybrid is a medium-sized car with four doors and front-wheel drive. Its price is about $58,990 or more. This makes this sports hybrid car a major competitor for the Lexus IS300h, which is a compact sedan with a rear-wheel drive. The starting price for Toyota’s locally made Camry Hybrid is $35,490, which can go up to $41, 490. The V6L is the most expensive conventional Accord that can be purchased at $ 51,990. The top-line Accord at the mentioned price might experience the challenge of selling in a market with a waning demand for hybrid cars.
The sales of hybrid cars to private buyers are down by more than a third this year despite the arrival of a host of new modes. On the other hand, there are constant sales to fleets. Buyers can now save fuel with the arrival of diesels and petrol engines that are super efficient. Although Honda’s appearance on the inside is pretty old school, it would be a major appeal to predominantly male buyers’ profiles. It is definitely a car that boasts rich technology with its Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive (iMMD), the new-generation hybrid drive. The first hybrid sale for Honda was made in Australia with its Insight. However, the ground was later lost following the launch of mild hybrids that had modest electric motor outputs and failed to take off in electric-only mode. Hence, the standout fuel efficiency of their rivals wasn’t produced.
A major advantage of the 2015 Honda’s Accord Sports Hybrid is that it has a powertrain with the ability to make switches between hybrid, petrol and electric drive modes. The powertrain gives a combination of the new petrol engine with a capacity of 2.0 liters, a feature of hybrid cars, and a transmission that is continuously variable with double electric motors, a high-efficiency lithium-ion battery and a lockup clutch. Compared to the Camry’s 151KW power, the Accord Sports Hybrid has a power of 147 KW. The two motors in the Honda’s new hybrid car function simultaneously as needed while getting power from a battery pack that is rear-mounted.
In combined driving, the automaker has claimed that this contributes to 4.6L/10Km, in comparison to 5.1L/100Km of a similarly sized Toyota Camry. Electric energy for the battery is harvested through regenerative braking with the help of a novel setup for the electric brake. Compared to the conventional 2.4 Liter four-cylinder Accord, the Hybrid Accord weights 70kg more.