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Honda CR-Z concept

Honda looks to the future with a hybrid launch

by: EVO team

5 Apr 2008

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Honda is hoping to launch the first mass-market hybrid sports car in early 2010, and its CR-Z concept hints at what it could look like. The company is predicting a tripling of the global hybrid market by 2012, so it will also introduce a hybrid-only vehicle in 2009 with a hybrid Civic to follow.

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