Comments on: Honda Insight Adds Cheaper Base Model, Starting at $18,200

By: Jimash

Jimash — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:57:50 +0000

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Indigo
1 year ago

I don't know how the EPA tests, but I get 45 MPG when not giving a damn and I get 56 MPG when really trying to hypermile.

I was pretty happy about the $17,588 price I paid for the Insight LX. I don't get the whole "paddle shifters on a CVT" idea. The EX had nothing I really needed."

My mileage is similar.
The paddle shifters on the CVT are very useful, for times when it is sluggish on a hill or when passing. They work well, except for if you are in Sport mode and use the shifters you either have to keep shifting or rev it really high to get an automatic shift. In normal mode, if you downshift on a hill it holds that for a few seconds and then upshifts again.

By: izek

izek — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:18:04 +0000

The problem that the Insight faces is not the Prius, but the FIT. I average 37 mpg city and 40 mpg highway on my FIT, and I paid $1,500 less for a sport model, than if I had gone with the Insight LX. I got a better car and a better deal. They most important thing is that MPG ratings are too close (in my opinion) and the FIT is just a better car than the Insight.

I had my heart set on the insight, but after doing the math, it just didn't make sense. Maybe once they upgrade from I.M.A. I'll consider an Insight, and hopefully by then The FIT hybrid will be in the U.S.

By: Indigo

Indigo — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:01:59 +0000

I don't know how the EPA tests, but I get 45 MPG when not giving a damn and I get 56 MPG when really trying to hypermile.

I was pretty happy about the $17,588 price I paid for the Insight LX. I don't get the whole "paddle shifters on a CVT" idea. The EX had nothing I really needed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:20:28 +0000

The actual miles-per-gallon of a Honda Insight is way higher than the official EPA rating. I have a 2010 Insight and am getting in the 48-50 mpg range simply by paying attention to the graphics on the dashboard that help drivers learn how to drive more efficiently.

By: Tony Hardy

Tony Hardy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:28:05 +0000

Honda pick up your game, we need Prius beating fuel economy…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:41:22 +0000

still have reservations about insight based on their tainted record on civic hybrids.

By: Shines

Shines — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:31:12 +0000

Sorry to dis Honda – not really their fault but the deluxe model comes with paddle shifters – for the cvt transmission… Isn’t that charging more for less?

By: Yegor

Yegor — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:14:06 +0000

Subcompact market in US is very small – Yaris, Fiesta and Aveo – each sell about 3,000 per month only.
When compact sales are huge Corolla/Matrix, Civic and Focus each 15,000 – 20,000 per month.
No wonder that Prius (compact car) out-sales Insight (subcompact car) 5 to 1.
Lower price of Insight will help increase sales but unfortunately there is no much market to dig into.
Honda should bring Fit Hybrid to US or make Insight bigger.

By: Matt Chatham

Matt Chatham — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:33:43 +0000

Wow… So the new LX is what the EX was before at a much cheaper price. Makes me wish I’d waited to buy mine. Still, glad to hear this news. Hopefully this will show more people that buying hybrids doesn’t have to break the bank.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:16:44 +0000

I'd like for automakers to go back to the days when hybrids/electrics LOOKED different instead of looking like every other car on the road. The EV1 looked like it was straight out of EPCOT's World of Motion. The original Insight was streamlined.

The new Volt and Insight look like any other 4-door you'd see on the road nowadays.

At least the Aptera still looks like something from the future...