Midlands Honda

Last week in Japan The all new Honda Fit Hybrid went on sale. The hatchback half electric / half gas vehicle will also go on sale in Europe next year. But the Japanese auto maker is still unsure about selling it in the States.

"We haven't decided on a U.S. launch," Koichi Kondo, Honda Executive Vice President, said at the Fit's launch event in Tokyo. "As for the future, it's open to question. We will carefully be watching the market situation."

Honda's uncertainty about the Fit Hybrid has been widely reported and some consumers are greatly…

"When a new car is unveiled to the public, the thousands of decisions that went into its conception often get lost in the hullabaloo -- along with the identities of the people who made them," this according to CNN Money, which took a closer look at the recreation of Honda's Odyssey.

Mid-September was when the 2011 Honda Odyssey was revealed to the press. The updated minivan has already generated hundreds of comments and dozens of blog posts - this even before it goes on sale at the end of September 2010.

"Quantity time" was more important than "quality time" to the…