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For at least a week some blogs have been reporting that sales of the Honda Insight (pictured) and Civic Hybrid in Canada have been so weak that the automaker has decided to stop offering the hybrids there.


Not true, the company said in a statement today. While acknowledging there is a six-month supply of the fuel-efficient vehicles on dealers' lots across Canada, the company said that "if there is market demand for Insight and Civic Hybrid, we will bring the appropriate supply."


To put it another way, Honda Canada said it will monitor demand for the two low-emissions models and order more as needed. Honda Canada said it plans to offer both the Insight and Civic Hybrid as 2011 model-year units and has no plans to discontinue either model.


While it is music to our ears that Honda will continue to offer the hybrids in Canada, it's disappointing that they are clearly selling well below the automakers expectations.


Sales there suffer in part because reviews of the Insight have been bland, and because although the fuel economy of both is good (40 mpg/city and 43 mpg/highway for the Insight, 40 mpg/city and 45 mpg/highway for the Civic Hybrid), it pales in comparison with the Toyota Prius (51 mpg/city and 48 mpg/highway).

Tags: Emissions, Fuel Economy, Honda, Hybrid, 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid, 2010 Honda Insight, Canada, Fuel Efficient, Sales

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Honda Denies Reports It Will Stop Offering Insight and Civic Hybrids in Canada was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.