Honda family cars to get hybrid powertrain

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Honda's pacesetting petrol-electric hybrid system is due to be adopted on a wide scale in new high-volume products to be offered across all large markets, Maurice Glover reports. And the company will soon be offering its advanced technology powertrain in a family car. As the Insight, the first hybrid of its type to become commercially available, had simultaneous public launches to motor show visitors in Tokyo and London, Honda Europe research and development chief Hisao Suzuki said work was "well under way" on preparing the first of a new range of family cars with the new Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) underbonnet technology.