2010 Honda Insight - First Look
You’ve been checking out the spy photos for week, wondering if it really was a Honda or just another Toyota Prius. Now your speculations have come to life with the first official real-life models of the Honda Insight. Yes, it does look like a Prius, but there’s more attitude in this next generation fuel friendly vehicle. You can expect a starting price as low as $18,500 and a release date sometime in 2009.
It is true, the Honda Insight looks strikingly similar to Toyota’s Prius, and there is a reason for this - science! Aerodynamics specifically. The Prius has a completely aerodynamic body design; so get used to the style, you’ll be seeing more of it for years to come. Honda took an already perfect curvature and added some meanness to it - Insight’s front grill is intimidating, not smug like on a Prius. Hood shape is slightly domed- adding a bit more aggressiveness to the car. There is also chrome, shiny shiny chrome. Actual MPG ratigns and price may be confirmed or denied when the car is unveiled at October’s 2008 Paris Motor Show. Scroll down for some bullet points provided by a Honda Press Release.
TOKYO, Japan, September 4, 2008 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will display the concept model of its all-new Insight dedicated hybrid vehicle at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Honda is introducing the advanced Insight to meet the needs of customers in a new era of widespread demand for hybrid vehicles.
The name Insight was chosen to denote Honda’s “insight” into a new era in which hybrid vehicles come within reach of most car buyers. A five-door, five-passenger compact hatchback, the new Insight will feature an innovative new platform in which the battery and control unit are located beneath the cargo space for exceptional utility and a light, pleasing driving feel. The new Insight features Honda’s innovative, highly efficient compact hybrid powerplant, in which a gasoline engine serves as the main power source and the electric motor assists when extra power is needed, such as during passing or start-up and acceleration.
The new Insight also features a new driving support function that helps drivers make the most of its exceptional fuel economy to achieve more efficient, environmentally responsible driving. Thanks to reductions in the weight and size of the Insight’s key components, Honda has also achieved significant cost reductions.
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