虽然美国可能是世界最大的混合动力车市场，但本田的下一款汽油-电动车型将主要是为适应欧洲市场设计的。这款被称为小型混合动力运动轿跑车的新车无论是造型风格还是内部结构都将深受欧洲车的影响，而该车的最终研发是由位于德国奥芬巴赫的设计小组完成的。在去年的东京车展上，本田利用一款CR-Z概念车让我们率先预览了新车，在随后的底特律车展上本田CEO福井威夫表示本田一款基于CR-Z的车型将在09年晚些时候投入量产，和这款车一起投产的还有两款专属混合动力车。本田应该公司产品部经理Mark Turner向美国《汽车新闻》记者透露新的混合动力运动轿跑车售价将在2.5万欧元左右（约合人民币26万元）。
Honda hybrid sports coupe aimed at European market
The U.S. may be the biggest market for hybrid cars but Honda’s next petrol-electric model will be designed primarily to suit the European market. Both the styling and engineering of the new model, tipped to be a small hybrid sports coupe, will be influenced heavily by European tastes and the car’s final development work will be handled by a team in Offenbach, Germany.
Honda gave us a preview of the car at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show with the unveiling of the CR-Z concept (pictured), and at the following Detroit Auto Show Honda boss Takeo Fukui said a sports coupe based on the CR-Z would enter production in late 2009 alongside two other dedicated hybrid vehicles. Speaking with Automotive News, Honda UK product manager Mark Turner revealed to reporters that the new hybrid sports coupe would only cost about �25,000.
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