The Honda Insight Concept (Photo courtesy of Honda)
Next spring car buyers will have
another choice if they’re looking for a
hybrid car. Lester Graham reports:
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Next spring car buyers will have
another choice if they’re looking for a
hybrid car. Lester Graham reports:
The very first electric-gas hybrid car to hit the dealership showroom was the Honda
Insight back in 2000. But the small two-seater never took off like the bigger Toyota
Prius.
Now a re-designed Insight will be on exhibit at next month’s Paris Auto Show.
Csaba Csere is the editor-in-chief of Car and Driver magazine. He says the new
Insight will seat four or five.
“The profile looks very much like the current Prius, but it’s going to be a less
expensive car. It’s probably going to start at about $19,000, still get nearly 50-miles
per gallon, and it’s going to go on sale on Earth Day next spring.”
The Honda Insight will get to the dealers’ lots more than a year before a next
generation Toyota Prius and GM’s Chevy Volt are expected to go on sale.
For The Environment Report, this is Lester Graham.