Where Is the 50 MPG Honda Accord Hybrid?

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid is EPA rated at 47 miles per gallon, and has been on sale since October of 2013- but the Americans who want to buy them are having trouble finding them. In fact, over the first 10 months since its release, Honda has sold a mere 979 Accord Hybrids – out of 366,678 Accords of all models sold in 2013. To put that into perspective, the Accord Hybrid was outsold almost eight-to-one by the 7,719 Civic Hybrids delivered, of a total of 336,180 Civics.

What gives?

With an MPG rating that rivals smaller hybrids like the Toyota Prius, a starting price tag around $30,000, fun to drive handling characteristics, and being a four door mid-sized sedan, the Accord offers plenty of attractive features. Plus, it’s a Honda, so you can expect it to drive forever.

So, where’s the car? Honda claims that the company has suffered “component supply constraints” on the Made-in-the-USA Honda Accord Hybrids. Which, basically, means that they don’t have enough of the needed parts to meet US demand- a good problem to have!

There’s also been speculation that a version of the US-market Honda Accord Hybrid is being targeted at Japan, due to the heavy gov’t incentives offered to companies that are providing green options in Japan.

50 MPG Honda Accord Hybrid at Launch

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Source: Green Car Reports.