I thought that was a Prius.

 

I don't know why honda even spends the money to develop this car...why not just put in an order for 25,000 Prius, but a big H on the front and back and call it a Hrius? I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

 

you sure it isn't a next gen prius?

 

Look at the badge in the front. it looks more honda-like with its square-ish emblem.

 

It looks exactly like a Prius because Toyota spent many, many hours trying to find the most aerodynamic shape for a people carrier. It's ugly, yes but it's very slippery (Cd is .26).

So did Honda make a prius with a scalloped belt line and a honda grill? yep, but they don't have a whole lot of options. Still amusing though.

 

First, there was the gentlemens' agreement in Japan with regard to horsepower ratings. Now, there appears to be one requiring hybrids to be ugly.

 

they went and copied the prius.

good job.

Toyota = Intel
Honda = AMD

lets see them fight for the lowest selling price.
competitioin is good

 

i agree ... tho i must say i hate egg shaped cars ... i understand why it is that way but man oh man ... who wants to drive around in an egg?

 

I think it's great that more and more companies are making hybrid vehicles....but why do they have to make them so damn UGLY?

 

I honestly think its a Prius Honda engineers are testing out for their usage. That looks WAY to much like a Prius.

I fully expect Honda to out ugly the Prius.

 

I just love how they're driving around with a Prius for comparison, lol. Does Honda know it's a 5+ year old car on it's way out?? A new, much improved Prius will be coming out right around the same time to compete with this Honda.

 

I don't know how Honda could undercut the Prius's price when the Civic Hybrid starts higher in price now and doesn't even compare technologically to the Prius. The Civic Hybrid can't even run on battery power alone while the Prius does.

 

The Civic Hybrid, though, with one exception (off-brake jumpiness while starting out), is a much less quirky car to live with day in and day out than the Prius. After driving and reviewing both, I'd take the Civic Hybrid in a heartbeat.