The aboriginal Honda Insight, awash amid 2000 and 2006, was the aboriginal mass-market amalgam agent accessible in the United States. Its abode in history, however, was overshadowed by the success of the Toyota Prius. Not agreeable abrogation the amalgam bazaar to its rival, Honda launched an all-new Insight in 2009 advised to attenuate the Prius in price.
Price: Honda delivered on its affiance to amount the Insight beneath $20,000, with the amount of access starting at $19,800 (plus $670 for destination), This makes the Insight LX the least-expensive amalgam on auction in the United States.
The 40 mpg in the burghal and 43 mpg on the artery Insight includes accepted ABS, ability windows and locks and an AM/FM/CD amateur with an abetting ascribe jack. At $21,300, the added upmarket EX adds adherence control, acrimonious exoteric mirrors, an upgraded six-speaker audio system, cruise control, a centermost armrest and paddle shifters to the equation.
"The aboriginal Honda Insight pioneered amalgam technology in the U.S. and charcoal a attribute of Honda's charge to avant-garde technology and ammunition efficiency," said Takeo Fukui, Honda CEO. "This new Insight will breach new arena as an affordable amalgam aural the ability of barter who appetite abundant ammunition abridgement and abundant value."
Priced beneath the Honda Civic, this Japanese-built amalgam carries over abundant of the auto administration from the FCX concept. Inside, the Insight appears agnate to the Prius with a collapsed attic and ample space, as able-bodied as a affected dashboard.
In accession to recycling the Insight name, Honda able the new amalgam with the aforementioned 1.3-liter Integrated Motor Assist arrangement begin in the current-generation Honda Civic Hybrid. However, added development of the arrangement cut the IMA's amount by about 50 percent in the new hybrid.
Although the new Insight is about based on the Fit, it measures in at 3 inches best and 1 inch added than the Fit, which Honda said will additionally be accessible with a amalgam powertrain in the abreast future.