THE Honda wants to join the various brands that have already abandoned diesel engines in Europe. According to the Japanese brand's plan, the idea is to gradually remove all Diesel models from its range to speed up the electrification process of its models in the European market.
Honda had already announced that by 2025 it intends to have two-thirds of its European range electrified. Before that, as of 2021, Honda wants no model of the brand sold in Europe to use diesel engines.
According to Dave Hodgetts, director of management at Honda in the United Kingdom, the plan is that "with each model change, we will stop making diesel engines available in the next generation". The date announced by Honda for the abandonment of Diesels coincides with the expected arrival date for the new generation Honda Civic.
Honda CR-V already sets an example
The Honda CR-V is already an example of this policy. Scheduled for arrival in 2019, the Japanese SUV will only have gasoline and hybrid versions, leaving diesel engines aside.
We have already tested the new Honda CR-V Hybrid and we are going to let you know all the details of this new model very soon.
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The hybrid version of the Honda CR-V has a 2.0 i-VTEC that combined with the hybrid system delivers 184 hp and announces consumption of 5.3 l/100km and CO2 emissions of 120 g/km for the two-wheel drive version and consumption of 5.5 l/100km and 126 g/km of CO2 emissions in the all-wheel-drive version. Currently, the only models of the Japanese brand that still have this type of engine are the Civic and the HR-V.
Sources: Automobil Produktion and Autosport