A Comparison of Different Models

Manufacturer’s suggested retail price or better known as MSRP are decided by the auto makers and advice to the auto dealers to be the base price guide in dealing with consumers or buyers. Auto dealers providing fleet sales to corporate consumers have also the invoice price, or the auto dealers paid that amount to the car makers, better used for wholesale purchases being made from auto dealers.

Even though these two serve as guides for the consumers, hybrid car prices may increase due to additional costs for add-ons to the vehicles or for non standard features. Maybe as consumers you will also charges for delivery to move the vehicles to the place where you are situated. Moreover, costs of taxes, marketing, registration, and other maybe added by the auto dealers over and above the invoice price or MSRP.

Hybrid Car Prices Ranges

As we know, nowadays Toyota Prius is at the bottom rung, with MSRP of $22,175, exclusive of hybrid tax incentives that come along with purchases of hybrid vehicles, eco-friendly units. In other sides, 2007 Honda Accord Hybrid four wheel drive 4-door sedan will be at the high end of the spectrum at around $31,000. Both these hybrid car prices not including delivery pricing.

The Array of Hybrid Car Prices

In between the Honda Accord Hybrid and the Toyota Prius Hybrid, the Toyota Camry Hybrid is priced about $26,000. With a highly recommended purchase by many hybrid shoppers, the Saturn Aura Green Line Hybrid starts at $22,695. The Honda Hybrid FWD 4-doors sedan starting price at @22,600 exclusive of destination costs.

In hybrid SUVs category, the 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid starts at the top with $32,500 – packed and loaded with all amenities you can ask for. The 2008 Mercury Mariner hybrid 4-wheel drive SUV starts at the bottom with $27,515, followed by the 4FD Ford Escape Hybrid Hybrid SUV as the cheapest in this category starts at $27,250.

2007 Hybrid Car Prices

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List of Luxury Hybrids

Sort by:	Name	Combined MPG	Technology	MSRP	Available
	Lexus HS 250h	34 MPG	Hybrid	$34,200	Now
	BMW 335d	29 MPG	Diesel	$44,700	Now
	Lexus RX 450h	28 MPG	Hybrid	$41,700	Now
	Mercedes E320 Bluetec	27 MPG	Diesel	$52,300	Now
	Lexus RX 400h	25 MPG	Hybrid	$42,000	Now
	Lexus GS 450h	23 MPG	Hybrid	$54,900	Now
	Lexus LS 600h L	21 MPG	Hybrid	$104,000	Now
	Mercedes ML 320 Bluetec	21 MPG	Diesel	$48,600	Now
	Volkswagen Touareg TDI	21 MPG	Diesel	$42,800	Now
	Audi Q7 TDI	21 MPG	Diesel	$50,900	Now
	Mercedes GL320 Bluetec	20 MPG	Diesel	$59,200	Now
	Tango T600	n/a	Electric	$108,000	Now
	Tesla Roadster	n/a	Electric	$109,000	Now
	Venturi Fetish	n/a	Electric	$400,000	Now
	Fisker Karma	100 MPG	Plug-in Hybrid	$87,000	2009
	BMW X6 Hybrid	n/a	Hybrid	n/a	2010
	Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid	n/a	Hybrid	n/a	2010
	Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid	n/a	Hybrid	n/a	2010
	BMW ActiveHybrid 7	n/a	Hybrid	n/a	2010

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However, internally, with Civic Hybrid, Honda had a record with sales up 17,5 percent to 25,571 for the calendar year.

In addition, total sales of Honda hybrid cars also rose 18.6 percent to a new record of 27,215 vehicles with its Accord Hybrid in 2004.

In early 2006, total Honda hybrid sales since the introduction of the Honda Insight in December 1999 have been over than 100,000 hybrid cars sold in major markets, including 5,900 in Japan, 89,000 in United State, 1,500 in Canada, and 3,800 in Europe.

Honda Hybrid Cars – 2006

In 2006, Honda hybrid cars have three hybrid cars available in the United State market – with the addition of Honda Accord in 2004.

Honda Accord Hybrid, the newest of Honda hybrid cars, which was introduced in the fourth quarter of 2004, has been strong seller for the company in North America since the introduction of the car to consumers.

Honda Accord Hybrid

Honda Accord Hybrid becomes a favorite of customers around the world since the model’s launch in 1976.

As for the version of hybrid, it is a 225 horse power, V-6 car that gives you lower end torque with increased fuel economy.

The 2005 EPA fuel economy performance expected that Honda Accord can get about 37 mpg in highway and 29 mpg in city.

Honda Civic Hybrid

Civic was the second of Honda hybrid vehicle in the United State market – launched back in 2002.

To aimed best fuel efficiency, Honda Civic Hybrid uses an IMA or integrated motor assist system with a lightweight gasoline engine and a compact electric motor.

In 2006, Civic nominated as “Car of the Year” by Motor Trend and 2006 North American Car of the Year.

Honda Insight Hybrid

As a first next generation gasoline electric hybrid sold in the United State markets, Honda Insight Hybrid holds many benchmarks that others try to achieve.

For fuel efficiency, the Honda Insight has been the overall leading car in the U.S. car market for six years in a row.

Rating for the Insights was at 60/66 mpg for manual transmission Insight in 2005 – EPA fuel economy.

Given those fuel economy figures, Honda has expected the driving range of the Honda Insight hybrid about 600-700 miles on one 10.6-gallon tank of regular unleaded gas.

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The Mazda Ibuki hybrid sport car is built upon a 16 valve MZR 1.6 liter DOHC inline 4 cylinder engines. Its electric motor supplies additional power. Mazda Ibuki provides torque for speed-up from a stand still. The engine will shut down automatically when the car comes to a sustained stop to save fuel. With its regenerative braking system, the batteries are automatically recharged while decelerating.

Mazda Ibuki | hybrid sports car

Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept-E – Hybrid Sports Cars

Eclipse Hybrid Sports Car

This hybrid car sport is a radical new 2 seater sports hybrid coupe from Mitsubishi featuring a parallel hybrid motor, futuristic interiors, and glass roof. Eclipse has an all wheel drive system in which parallel engines supply energy on both the axles. With Mitsubishi advance technology, Eclipse can get power even while changing gears.

Underneath the hood is a 3.8-liter V6 with the E-Boost system which offers additional torque. Considering the 200 odd horsepower that the E-Boost produces, the total power output of the car is 470 hp.

Subaru B9 Scrambler – Hybrid Sports Cars

Subaru B9 Scrambler | hybrid sport car

The Subaru B9 Scrambler sports hybrid car has a symmetrical all-wheel-drive system and variable-height air suspension with automatic self-leveling. This sport car hybrid has a gas powered engine and a hybrid engine. The gas engine is turned up when the charge drops below a certain level. At the same time, Subaru also acts as a generator.

Extra power, when needed, is supplied by a 2.0-liter SOHC flat-4 engine.

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Though hybrid cars generally are expensive compare than conventional vehicles, but they don’t need much maintenance. Hybrids don’t need any type of additional maintenance on its components. It’s very simple to maintenance hybrid vehicles. Hybrid cars just need to replace the air filter on some battery systems every 40,000 miles. Of course, you have to run similar maintenance to the fuel engine of a hybrid car as you would to maintenance any other conventional vehicles. So this implies that according to the driving conditions and vehicle, you must change the oil every 5,000 to 10,000 miles.

In fact, if you compare hybrid and standard vehicles, you will find that hybrid vehicles offer less maintenance than ordinary cars. The brake pads of your fuel engine vehicles tend to wear out and thus need periodical changes. However, with hybrids regenerative braking technology, the brake pads in hybrids tend to last longer. Here the electric motor acts as a generator where energy is captured to be lost when the car is either cruising or when brakes are applied. And then, hybrids will change this energy into electricity to recharge batteries, which in turn is used to increase the fuel efficiency of the car.

The battery of hybrid car can receives its energy source through regenerative braking, so there is no need of plugging a hybrid car as maintenance. This is not like other electric vehicle which needs to plug its battery periodically for its battery to be in running condition. There is no need to replace the battery here as long as the charge is maintained between 40 – 60 percent its charge – unlike the notion that the hybrid cars’ battery must to be replaced repeatedly. So, the longevity of hybrid battery is extended because the battery in never fully charge or drained.

It is usually thought that hybrid car maintenance is more expensive than fuel-gas car. However, this is not true, as sometimes hybrid car maintenance is lower because of decreased wear, tear on the engine, and braking system of hybrid. Moreover, when you want to maintenance check up for a hybrid car, it is recommended taking your car to hybrid car dealer. This is because the dealer provides a guarantee on the amount of usage of the car on both the battery pack and the emission parts. Maybe you have to pay a little more when servicing the car in the hybrid car service center; however, you will receive the best service for your hybrid car.

Nowadays, there are too many classes being run to teach mechanics all there is to know how to maintenance the hybrid car. This is proportional to the rising demand for hybrid cars. So, when your hybrid car warranty expires, you will easily to find qualified mechanics for your hybrid car maintenance.

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The newer models of the Honda Accord Hybrid are Honda Accord Diesel and Honda FCX Clarity. The Honda Accord Hybrid’ class is mid-size. This is actually a 4 door sedan with an FF layout. It relies on a 3.0L V6 engine with a 5-speed automatic transmission. The other features of the Honda Accord include the wheelbase of 107.9 in, the length of 189.5 in (in 2005) and 191.1 in (in 2006 – 07), the width of 71.4 in (in 2005) and 71.7 in (in 2006 – 07), the height of 57.0 in (in 2005) and 57.2 in (in 2006 – 07). Honda Accord and Honda Inspire are the other vehicles that has related to the Honda Accord Hybrid.

Honda Accord Hybrid mentioned is a hybrid combination of the North American Honda Accord which was provided in 2005 – 2007 model years. This vehicle model followed the other hybrid models from the Honda manufacturers: Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Insight Hybrid. This Accord – third in the line of Honda hybrids, was valued $3,000 more than the Accord EX V6 and it maintained the same trim and quality levels, except the 2005 model which didn’t have the power sunroof. Thus, the Honda Accord Hybrid holds at the top position of the Honda lineup.

This hybrid car has an equal displacement as compared to the conventional Accord V6 (7^th generation) power plant; yet the Honda Accord Hybrid’s horse power peculiarity of this vehicle is comes from the Honda Odyssey Minivan model of 2005. This vehicle has the capacity to shut down 3 out of the 6 cylinders in order to save fuel, but only under certain conditions. This technology regarding the cylinders is known as VCM or Variable Cylinder Management and it was patented by Honda. The engine of this vehicle features iVTEC technology and also provides a very modern compact transmission. This new transmission specificity makes the insertion of the electric motor inserted between the transmission train and the gas engine. The fuel economy in this Honda Accord Hybrid was initially rated at 29 mpg in the city and 37 mpg on the highway. With such huge properties, it’s no wonder that the Honda Accord Hybrid won the Canadian Car of the Year Best New Alternative Power Award in 2005.

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