Semi-metallic Brake Pad hybrid

Posted by cnsuperpower on March 17th, 2016

The Mk2 was the first Prius  Brake Pad Manufacturer to offer family hatch practicality, and even now, over a decade later, the batteries are lasting well.

It’s dull to drive, but it promises great economy with family car usability at a tempting price.

If you do need to replace an entire battery pack, it’s not as costly as you might expect. For a Mk1 or Mk2 Prius, it’s £1,201 and £1,068 respectively on an exchange basis; a new battery for a Mk3 is priced at a hefty £5,730, though.

Replacing the pack on an original Honda Insight or Civic IMA will cost you around £2,000, but it’s a more palatable £900 on the later Insight and Civic IMA.

In 2012, Honda switched from nickel metal hydride batteries to lithium-ion versions, virtually tripling replacement costs in the process, from £972 to £2,700 – not that any of these batteries have yet needed to be replaced.

Neil Addley runs the trusteddealers.co.uk portal for franchised dealers around the UK.

He says: “The numbers of people planning to buy used hybrids is increasing, with nearly seven per cent of those we recently surveyed saying their next car will be one.

Fuel prices are also encouraging people to look to such alternative engines.

Despite concerns from some in the industry about the longevity of hybrid battery packs, 51 per cent per cent of participants in our survey gave fuel prices as the motivation behind their next vehicle choice.”

With all that in mind, we return to our original question: should you buy a  Semi-metallic Brake Pad  hybrid?

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