Honda Sponsoring this Year's Tour de Sol

This text is from a letter than Honda is sending to Insight owner's, informing them of this event, and inviting their particpation:

Dear Honda Insight Customer:

Thank you for your recent purchase of a Honda Insight. The Insight is the most technologically advanced automobile you can buy. Innovations include its aerodynamic styling, extensive use of lightweight materials and the application of Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system of combining a gasoline engine with a battery driven motor. We hope you are enjoying your new car.

To celebrate the introduction of the Insight, Honda is the Gold sponsor of this year's 12 th American Tour de Sol. This year, the Tour starts in New York City, on May 12 th , and ends in Washington, D.C., on May 19th. The North East Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) American Tour de Sol is an award-winning, educational road rally event, with free public events in seven communities. The Tour de Sol is a way to promote clean, energy and efficient transportation. Honda invites you to participate in this year's Tour de Sol, under Honda's sponsorship. This means Honda will pay your entry fee and is offering stipends to help offset some of the expenses you might incur in participating in the event. For general information about the event contact the NESEA American Tour de Sol on their website at www.nesea.org.

To register for the event under Honda's sponsorship program, and to find out more about the stipends available to offset travel expenses, contact Nancy Hazard of the North East Sustainable Energy Association, at 413-774-6051 xl 8. We hope that participation by Honda Insight owners like you will create an opportunity to promote these clean technologies to a wider audience. I look forward to seeing you in May at the Tour de Sol