Honda Motor Co will begin selling the Insight, the first of its next generation low-cost hybrid cars, in Japan in February, followed by launches in Europe and the United States in March and April.
The model on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week has listed mileage of 40 miles per gallon in city driving and 43 mpg on the highway.
But Yasunari Seki, the Insight's chief engineer, said it has proven potential of as much as 72 mpg, or about 30 km/litre, aided by an "eco-lamp" color meter that goes from shades of blue to green to prompt fuel-efficient driving.
"We had a contest for journalists test-driving it on a course last month and the winner got 72 mpg," Seki told Reuters ahead of the auto show, which opened to the press on Sunday. reuters
The car will arrive here this Spring.
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