USA, California
Owners Can Benefit From Tax Incentives
Up to 65 Percent Lower Fuel Costs With Optional ‘Phill’ Home Refueling Appliance
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., has announced the pricing of the completely redesigned 2006 Honda Civic GX. The 2006 Civic GX, which achieves an EPA estimated city/highway fuel economy of 28/39 miles per gasoline-gallon equivalent, goes on sale today with an MSRP of $24,440. Currently natural gas is approximately 30 percent less expensive than gasoline when purchased at a refueling station, and approximately 65 percent cheaper than gasoline when supplied by a Phill home refueling appliance.
2006 Civic GX owners will be eligible for a Federal tax credit of $4,000 for the car and up to $1,000 for the purchase and installation of ‘Phill,’ the convenient natural gas home refueling appliance. Both GX and Phill benefit from the federal tax credits enacted January 1, 2006, for clean alternative fuel vehicles and fueling infrastructure.
The Civic GX is the only OEM dedicated natural gas-powered passenger vehicle available to retail customers in the United States.
Proclaimed the "Cleanest internal combustion engine on Earth" by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the GX is the only vehicle certified by the EPA to meet both Federal Tier 2-Bin 2 and Inherently Low Emission Vehicle (ILEV) zero evaporative emission certification standards. GX meets these strict emission standards, as natural gas is inherently a clean burning fuel.
Equipped standard with a 5-speed automatic transmission, the 1.8-liter, 4-cylinder engine delivers 113 horsepower and 109 ft-lbs of torque, both an increase of more than 10 percent versus the previous model. The Civic GX offers the same standard safety features that have earned Civic the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s "Top Safety Pick — Gold" Award.
Phill — the home refueling appliance manufactured by FuelMaker Corporation — provides Civic GX owners a convenient and affordable method of refueling at home. Phill can be mounted to a garage wall, either indoors or outdoors, and allows the GX to refuel overnight directly from a homeowner’s existing natural gas supply line.
Natural gas-powered vehicles are part of Honda’s energy strategy to offer the best available technology for the reduction of air pollution and petroleum dependence and serves as an enabling technology for hydrogen fuel cell cars in the future. The 2006 Civic GX will be assembled in East Liberty, Ohio. Destination and handling charges for all 2006 Honda vehicles are $550.
Consumer information is available at http://www.hondacars.com/.
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