We returned to the 2010 Insight back to Honda earlier this morning, so we figure it’s time to take a look at its competitors before we give you a full review sometime next week. 2010 Honda Insight: Base Price: $19,800. Power: 1.3L 4-cylinder i-VTEC / 10kw electric-motor – 98-hp / 123 lb-ft of torque. Fuel-economy: [...]
As we told you guys yesterday, we are test-driving the 2010 Honda Insight this week. Today we’ll give you a brief walk around the interior. The inside of the Honda Insight will be very familiar to those who know Hondas well since it is mostly inspired by the Civic and the Fit. Besides all the [...]
Not impressed by the sportiness of your Honda Insight hybrid? Well, let Japan’s Exclusive Zeus help you out. The Japanese tuner is offering a body kit for the Insight that offers a lowered suspension, a new front apron, side skirts, a blacked out grille, a new rear apron and a diffuser. You also get a set [...]
When the 2010 Honda Insight went on sale in Japan and in the U.S., the model was off to a very strong start – almost, scaring the pants off of Toyota and their third-generation Prius. However, things have started going downhill for the Insight after that. Honda had hoped to sell 90,000 units of the [...]
We’ve been hearing all good things about the 2010 Honda Insight hybrid – it’s cheaper than the 2010 Toyota Prius, was the best-selling vehicle in Japan in April and Honda even considered increasing output for the United States market. However, according to American Honda Motor Executive Vice President John Mendel, Honda may fall short of [...]
Toyota spent most of February tossing and turning in its sleep over competition from the new 2010 Honda Insight. Honda’s new hybrid was the best-selling model in Japan in April; marking the first time a hybrid has held the spot for a monthly sales period. Well, Toyota can now sleep peacefully at night. For the [...]
The 2010 Honda Insight is the first of four gasoline-electric hybrids Honda has planned to bring to the roads by 2012. Early next year, Honda will unveil the production version of the much-anticipated CR-Z sports hybrid. That will be followed by a hybrid version of the Fit and the next-generation Civic Hybrid. According to Japan’s [...]
So for what you’ve read about the Honda Insight is all bells and whistles about the hybrids fuel-economy and its ability to tell you how “green” you’re driving. However, rarely has any journalist commented on what the 2010 Honda Insight is like as a car that moves you from point A to point B – [...]
The 2010 Honda Insight hybrid, which went on sale in Japan on February 6, has been ranked the industry’s best-selling new car in Japan for the month of April. Honda sold a total of 10,481 units of the Insight, making it the first time a hybrid model has held the spot in Japan for a [...]
Just two days ago, it was reported that Toyota will lower the price of the 2010 Prius in Japan to make the hybrid more competitive with the 2010 Honda Insight. Today, Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui said that he will not lower the price on Insight anymore. “I don’t think that would be meaningful to do [...]
