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Originally Posted by Spoonie
You realize that Honda is discontinuing sales of the Accord Hybrid because of slow-sales?
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True, but the Accord Hybrid was optimized for performance instead of fuel economy. Sales of the Civic Hybrid are still strong and Honda has plans to introduce a diesel. So yes a market has been identified and Honda (along with others) is going after it. I believe that there is a viable market for the 123d in the US, but BMW is taking the safer approach of outfitting existing models (the X5) with a diesel first. If the 128i and 135i are successful then I think that BMW will be more inclined to add a diesel to the 1er line-up.