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Honda Expands Civic GX Retail Program to Oklahoma

American Honda Motor announced yesterday that all thirteen dealers from Oklahoma are now able to sell the compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Honda Civic GX to customers on a retail basis. The manufacturer is the only OEM currently selling a CNG-powered vehicle on a retail basis in the United States.

Additionally, the Civic GX is the only OEM-built, CNG-powered passenger car assembled in America. The Civic GX is built on the same assembly line as the gasoline-powered Civic 4-door models at Honda's Greensburg, Indiana manufacturing facility.

"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, 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."

The Civic GX was first sold on a retail basis to Californian customers in 2006 and has then expanded to New York, Utah and now, Oklahoma, which is the second largest natural gas producing state in the U.S.

The 2010 Civic GX achieves an EPA-estimated city/highway fuel economy of 24/36 mpg and 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.

According to Honda, the Civic GX is the cleanest internal combustion vehicle ever tested by the EPA, and for the seventh straight year, the Civic GX NGV was named "Greenest Vehicle" by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
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