Citing poor sales, Honda has announced that it will no longer produce a hybrid version of the Accord for model year 2008. U.S. sales of the vehicle, introduced in 2004, totaled only 1,702 for the first five months of this year, down some 40.3 percent from the same period a year ago.
Meanwhile, total hybrid car sales are up 94.7 percent for the same period. Honda had hoped that care buyers would seek hybrid technologies in a higher performance (six cylinder) car. The evidence shows otherwise.
Source: Automotive News
