page_title: Integrated Motor Assist
section_title: List of vehicles using IMA
hierarchical_section_title: Integrated Motor Assist / List of vehicles using IMA
caption_attribution_description: English: IMA-equipped Honda Civic Hybrid. Français&#160;: Honda Civic Hybrid, IMA de 4e génération (Integrated Motor Assist), 2007. 日本語: 欧州モデル. Русский: Honda Civic Hybrid 2007, 4е поколение IMA.
context_page_description: Integrated Motor Assist is Honda's hybrid car technology, introduced in 1999 on the Insight. It is a specific implementation of a parallel hybrid. It uses an electric motor mounted between the internal combustion engine and transmission to act as a starter motor, engine balancer, and assist traction motor.
context_section_description: Honda J-VX (1997 concept car)
  Honda Insight (1999-2006, 2010-2014)
  Honda Dualnote (2001 concept car)
  Honda Fit Hybrid (2010-present)
  Honda Fit Shuttle Hybrid (2010-present)
  Honda Civic Hybrid (2003-2015)
  Honda Accord Hybrid (2005-2007)
  Honda Freed Hybrid (2008-present)
  Honda CR-Z (2010-2016)
  Acura ILX Hybrid (2013-2014)
caption: IMA-equipped Honda Civic Hybrid
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