Traveling on Hesse’s road hybrid technology must show what it can do. Cars with hybrid drive will soon find a large spread in the streets. What are the advantages? How is the driving experience and where there are any weaknesses. Honda Civic with parallel-hybrid drive, the Honda Civic Hybrid was vehicles on the German market one of the first hybrid. Original civic IMA (integrated motor assist). Since 2006, he is called Civic hybrid and is now in the second generation in the market. The modern sedan with economical electrical engine support is there from 24,000 euros. The auto-test of editors of profile was the Japanese on the test car magazine.
Pleasing good driving impression of the Civic Hybrid is a new category, as regards the consumption. 4.6 litre of Super petrol are almost already sensational combined with urban traffic and highway or country road for a gasoline engine with automatic transmission. Inner city you can drive even completely electrically. Only the electric motor drives the vehicle at a speed between 35 and 48 km / h. This is still only as long as Energy in the nickel-metal hydride battery is stored. It recharges itself automatically during each braking or when the roles. To the hybrid system supported the acceleration of the car parallel with two engines. With that comes the relatively small 1.3 litre petrol engine very well in swing.
Full kickdown is 100 in 12 seconds. So really convincing performance that ensures a good driving experience in all respects in connection with environmentally friendly technology remain at the end. “” “Absolutely in line with the trend to match the 109 g CO2 emissions must be before any of the other blue” green “or eco” technology other manufacturers hide. LG goes with and not buckles the steering to the damping of small potholes is only from the Civic Hybrid in every driving situation. On the streets in Hesse, the car got along very well. The gasoline engine hatchback of the better civic is safe for extremely ambitious riders. But the driver also controlled the car in any situation with the hybrid sedan sovereign and enjoys additional travel comfort of a mid-size sedan. The CVT automatic transmission of Honda feels almost like a real electric vehicle. The infinitely variable switching system uses cars without noticeable gear changes in movement. Pure electric car drive as well, because they have no real gear. This leads however when pressing the right leg to loud roar of the four-cylinder series engine, then without interruption over 6000 to / min turns. This is getting. Under the stroked remains a very positive impression. Even if current Audi or VW diesel models are available in very good Altnativen for that price.
