Consumer Reports Names Honda Insight as Most Reliable Car
Consumer Reports released results from its annual car reliability survey, and the 2010 Honda Insight scored the highest of any vehicle in predicted reliability. Hybrids dominated the list for...
View ArticleHonda’s Hybrid Comeback: Hybrid Minivans and SUVs
Honda is developing a hybrid system suitable for larger cars such as the Odyssey minivan the Pilot sports utility vehicle. Tomohiko Kawanabe, Honda’s chief operating officer for automobile research and...
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After Toyota Recall, Best Deals Ever for Hybrids
Consumer Reports yesterday named the 2010 Toyota Prius the best new-car value for the year. On top of that, Toyota is offering unprecedented deals on the Prius. In an unexpected turn of events,...
View ArticleHonda Boss: Next Insight Will Beat Prius MPG
Takanobu Ito, Honda’s president, said last week that the company has grown “complacent,” and specifically pointed to its poor performance with hybrids as a key sign of the problem. To correct the...
View ArticleHonda Dedicates A Factory for Producing Large Hybrids
Honda will dedicate its Yorii factory, north of Tokyo, to producing hybrid SUVs and minivans—instead of making clean diesel vehicles or micro-cars as previously announced. Nikkei is reporting that the...
View ArticleHonda Insight Adds Cheaper Base Model, Starting at $18,200
Honda announced today that it is going to offer a new, 2011 “value-oriented base model” of the Honda Insight hybrid starting at $18,200, plus destination charge of $750. That’s $1,600 less than the...
View ArticleAll Honda Models Are Designed with Hybrid in Mind
Honda President Takanobu Ito says around 10 percent of Honda’s global sales will be hybrids by 2015, and all of its models are built with the ability to quickly adapt into hybrids. In a Dec. 6 article,...
View ArticleHonda Tweaks Insight for 2012
Honda has announced several small but noticeable tweaks for the 2012 editions of its Insight hybrid. Combined fuel economy for the hatchback will increase to 44 mpg, 1 mpg more than the current model....
View ArticleHonda Upgrades Japan-Market Insight Line
Today Honda Motor Company announced it will release refreshed Insight hybrids including a somewhat more upscale version with larger engine to the Japanese market. The 1.3-liter 40-plus mpg version...
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2012 Honda Insight
When the current generation Honda Insight was introduced in March 2009 as a 2010 model it was hailed as a “Toyota Prius fighter.” Making the best use of the most cost-effective Honda hybrid...
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