Originally posted by hondatech
Whoa, I never said that they would put a hybrid into the RL. The AWD drive type they plan to make will have an electric type drive unit. The engine is going to be a V8 gasoline, it will not be considered a true "hybrid". It's not for gas mileage it's to have an AWD design only.
Hey 98coupev6, it's not a thinking about it issue, the plan is moving into a 2005-2006 model. I'm not repeating some rumor off some forum, This is out of a AMH personal that just came back from the R&D dept. of torrance. it's going to happen.
I'll believe it when I see it. Very doubtful of it, bro.
S55: The dollar rules, and the cost of producing a V8 for use in
one single car(and possibly the MDX later) is overwhelming compared to the profit they'll make from that car, especially considering that it'll be their first V8. Tens of millions in production costs, maybe hundreds of millions. For the engine alone.