Lean and Green: Honda Small Hybrid Sports Concept

The Geneva Motor Show is abuzz with hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, many of which will be for sale in Europe only. Honda’s Small Hybrid Sports Concept — can they seriously come up with some more interesting names here — is just another design study. Unlike Toyota’s Hybrid X though, this one is a bit different than what we’ve seen from the company before. Honda is trying to shrink its future hybrid vehicles so that the lighter weight and slimmer dimensions aid in boosting the overall mileage. This hybrid shows that such a package can also be sporty.

The Small Hybrid Sports Concept is powered by a four-cylinder gasoline engine teamed to an electric hybrid system and CVT transmission.

We’ve heard that Honda will start producing a small hybrid in the next year, but we expect it to be a much more conservative body style than this concept. It’s still cool to look at. Unfortunately we only have one more photo below.

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Comments

[israck]

girly look =( i don't like the exterior.

[Carson Whitaker]

It is nice to see Honda re-thinking their overly conservative styling.

This body style is certainly a refreshing change.