The new Honda Fit/Jazz Hybrid is going set new records in the hybrid segment

Today’s auto industry has an immense amount of competition, and when it comes to the fast paced global auto segment of hybrid cars that is growing in popularity, the competition is even more intense. Till now, thinking about the most fuel efficient hybrid car in the market would invariably bring up the name of the Toyota Aqua, as this hybrid vehicle boasts of a 35.4 km per liter that is equivalent to 83.2 miles for each gallon of gasoline.

However, Honda’s latest hybrid car offering is going to change all that. The Honda Jazz Hybrid, also known as the Fit Hybrid in several markets has set a new benchmark when it comes to fuel efficiency. The Honda Jazz Hybrid boasts of a fuel economy of 36.4 km per liter that is 85.6 mpg per gallon and overtakes the leader Toyota Aqua. This great new generation Hybrid from the house of Honda is expected to hit the market in the month of September, 2013 in the domestic car market of Japan. Excluding the Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, the new Honda Fit Hybrid is all braced up to immerge as the most fuel efficient car in Japan.

Honda is presenting a very different hybrid system for the new Fit Hybrid for the first time. It features the Sport Hybrid Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive (i-DCD) that also uses a light, compact and single motor system making the car lighter and more efficient. Honda is also offering the technology where the engine and electric motor can be disengaged to run the car in electric mode only. The car draws power from a 4 cylinder 1.5 liter Atkinson engine and thanks to the adoption of the engine that has made the high fuel efficiency possible.

The electric motor is mated to a 7 speed dual clutch transmission gearbox as well as a smart power unit with lithium-ion battery. The new Fit Hybrid offers the technology where the electric motor and engine can be engaged as well as disengaged depending on the driving situation. The car offers a total of three driving modes; namely motor only drive, engine and motor hybrid drive and engine drive. It is also said that you don’t have to bother about changing the driving modes either, as the car changes it automatically depending on driving situations.

The new Honda Fit/Jazz Hybrid also has an enhanced regenerative braking system. The car also offers a full-electric compressor in order to reduce the stress on the engine and features 35 percent more fuel efficiency than the conventional hybrids.

With all these great offerings in terms of latest technology, fuel efficiency, driving modes, Honda has certainly one very impressive hybrid car coming up to enthrall the green auto enthusiasts. Not to mention this new generation car will also sport a very contemporary and futuristic visual appeal to make it an absolute compulsory by for the latest car lovers in the global car market. This September is surely going to be great month for the Hybrid loving folks.