Comments on: Honda wants better deal for hybrids

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:12:31 +0000

Try checking out the Drive $marter Challenge (www.drivesmarterchallenge.org). You can enter your specific vehicle data and figure out how much money you can save my taking six fuel-efficiency steps. They also provide other fuel-efficiency tips to help you save on gas costs.

By: Dlr1

Dlr1 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:39:03 +0000

Perhaps if Honda want a better deal they should invest some of their hard earned money here and build a factory and employ more than just salespeople and executives. Who on earth would want to subsidise an imported car? Whether you love them or hate them, at least toyota is going to build them here.

By: Ford GT40

Ford GT40 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:02:24 +0000

they can ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ typo

By: Ford GT40

Ford GT40 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:59:50 +0000

Well I don’t feel sorry for Honka Hybrids, the can all get lost in my opinion..

DIESEL AND LPG IS BETTER BY A MILE !!!!!!!!!

By: Marketmaker

Marketmaker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:14:21 +0000

“Honda believes abolishing Federal import tariffs and cutting stamp duty and registration on hybrid vehicles would greatly assist their presence on our roads”

Abolishing import tariffs on ALL cars I say. And whilst we are at it, we should drop that other protectionist tariff we have on our cars known as the ADR (australian Design Rules). Lose the ADRs imposition just adopt the Japanese or US ones – few less beaurocrats, cheaper cars!

By the way – I think both the Aust $35m grant to Toyota and the special treatment proposals from Honda are bulls**t. If they want to incentivise “Green” they should pay it based upon the output measure (vehicle’s carbon emissions?) and not do what pollies always do with new technology and try to pick/support what they think to be the winning technology.

By: B///M3

B///M3 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:10:13 +0000

Oh wow Climate Care warranty, 18 trees in 3 years, no way man, that has got to be the best warranty ever lol! Who cares about 3 year 150,000km warranty when you get THE Climate Care warranty! That’s it, I am going straight to a Honda dealer to buy one! lol

They can’t seriously expect people to buy such butt ugly car anyway! They may reduce CO2 now, but what happens when their batteries turn future waste land into toxic land fills?

By: Fenno

Fenno — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:57:25 +0000

“Honda believes abolishing Federal import tariffs and cutting stamp duty and registration on hybrid vehicles would greatly assist their presence on our roads”

Your presence would most certainly be more noticed Mr Honda if you made the Civic Hybrid ugly (like the Insight and the Prius). It seems that Uber-efficient cars will only get the ‘green’ light from our easily woo’d pollies if they look like they are from an episode of the Jetson’s. It’s all about the wow-factor and nobody wants to spend the extra money being enviro-conscious if the uninitiated cant tell without reading the badge.