I remember when I watched The Day After Tomorrow movie in 2004 and during that time everybody was like: “we need to save this planet, we need to drive hybrid cars and protect the polar bears, etc.” So Honda at that time came out with the very first hybrid car the Honda Insight (this was featured in the movie), the car was all aluminum and a great little car that was very efficient. After the car came out, people were like: “we don’t want this, it looks weird and it’s slow and expensive”; and they went back driving their SUVs and cross overs. I find it ironic that Honda was the first manufacturer to sell a hybrid, yet Toyota cashed in on the hybrid cars with the Prius. Leonardo DiCaprio bought two Priuses (Prii) when it came out; not one but two. That’s like saving the environment twice! Later Honda changed the Insight to have four doors and look like a Prius, but it didn’t matter, the Insight was phased out of production in 2014 without anyone noticing. Again, Honda was the first to lease hydrogen cars to people in 2010, but Toyota will probably cash in on hydrogen cars in the future starting with the ’15 Mirai. I’m saying in the future because I’m pretty sure they are currently selling the Mirai at a loss. Nevertheless, this is the new Honda Clarity hydrogen car that you will be able to buy next year. I usually hate Japanese styling that tend to look like a mishmash of 10 different designs, but I…kind of…..like the look of this new Clarity. I don’t know why but it reminds me of French cars, which is good because I like French cars. The front kind of looks like a Renault Laguna and the back has a Citroen feel to it.
Toyota Mirai for comparison:
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