When it comes to green technologies, the experts at Honda know a diversified strategy is a smart strategy. Washington DC Honda Dealers agree. That’s why they’re not just offering affordable hybrids like the Honda Insight and gas-sippers like the Honda Fit. The company is also expanding the availability of the Honda Civic GX: Beginning immediately, all Oklahoma Honda dealers will be able to sell the only OEM-built, CNG-powered passenger car assembled in America.
The Civic GX looks like the sharp Honda Civic sedan on the outside, but under the hood it features one of Honda’s cutting-edge i-VTEC four-cylinder engines, adapted to run on CNG (compressed natural gas). As a result, the Civic GX gets the equivalent of 24 mpg city/36 mpg highway according to the EPA—the most fuel-efficient “regular” Civic gets a nearly identical 25 mpg city/36 mpg highway—and it’s the only vehicle certified to meet both Federal Tier 2-Bin 2 and Inherently Low Emission Vehicle (ILEV) standards. Which is a long way of saying the Civic GX is the cleanest internal combustion vehicle the EPA has ever tested.
The car first went on sale in California in 2006, followed by New York and Utah. Today, when dealers who sell to fleet customers are included, there are 134 dealerships in 33 states that can offer the Civic GX. Of course, with Oklahoma being the second-largest producer of natural gas in America, the decision to sell the CNG-powered Civic in that state was, well, a natural.
“Expanding Honda’s Civic GX retail program along with the continued success of fleet sales expresses our commitment to the environment and natural gas vehicle technology,” said Elmer Hardy, Honda’s senior manager of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sales & Marketing. “Honda seeks market opportunities for the Civic GX where strong natural gas refueling infrastructure exists, and we continue to see its promise as a clean, sustainable, domestically sourced alternative fuel.”
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