Nissan Paris Preview - New Mini-Cars, EV Concept
September 8, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Nissan is going to show three new cars at the Paris Motor Show next month. Two of them are conventional small cars that there are already got photos of. The third is a battery powered 2+1 seat micro-car called the Nuvu. No one has seen the Nuvu, but we think the concept Nissan unveiled recently, the Denki Cube could be a hint. The Nuvu is only three meters long which should make it an interesting challenger to the new electric smart. Read more
Honda’s New Hybrid is the Insight
September 8, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Honda is returning to an old name for it’s Global Hybrid that goes on sale next spring by calling it the Insight. The new five-door hatchback Honda will use to compete head-to-head with the Prius will be the most direct competitor yet for the iconic hybrid. Learning from the lesson that hybrid buyers apparently prefer their cars to be recognizable as such rather than being derivatives of existing models, Honda has modeled the new Insight after its low volume FCX Clarity fuel cell car and will be debuting it as a concept at the Paris Motor Show next month before it goes on sale as the least expensive hybrid in the world in 2009. Read more
