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REPORT: Honda Insight sales withering in face of competition from Toyota Prius

Honda's Insight hybrid is failing to live up to sales expectations here in the important U.S. market. While Honda claims the Insight was never meant to be a direct competitor to the Toyota Prius, the truth is that the two cars are very much rivals in the eyes of many new car shoppers (and some Honda dealers). With that in mind, the 2,079 Insights that Honda managed to sell in June pales in comparison to the 12,998 Prius hybrids Toyota sold in the same month. Further, Honda is on track to sell less than one-third of its stated goal of ... Read more →

Honda sells 2,096 Insight hybrids in April, Prius sales drop 61.5% Sebastian Blanco

April U.S. auto sales numbers came out today, and Honda reports it sold 2,096 Honda Insights. That's a far cry from the 5,000 Insights that the company sold in Japan in the car's first week. ...

REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Jeremy Korzeniewski

The well-publicized battle for hybrid sales supremacy between Honda and Toyota has taken yet another intriguing turn. According to the Nikkei newspaper in Japan, Toyota is expecting to take ...

2010 Honda Insight officially priced at $20,470*, on sale March 24 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Ever since Honda announced the revived Insight hybrid for 2010, rumors have swirled that the new model would undercut its chief rival, the Toyota Prius, in price by a few thousand dollars. Now, ...

REPORT: Honda Insight sales withering in face of competition from Toyota Prius 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda's Insight hybrid is failing to live up to sales expectations here in the important U.S. market. While Honda claims the Insight was never meant to be a direct competitor to the Toyota Prius, the truth is that the two cars are very much rivals in the eyes of many new car shoppers (and some ...

Honda sells 2,096 Insight hybrids in April, Prius sales drop 61.5% 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

April U.S. auto sales numbers came out today, and Honda reports it sold 2,096 Honda Insights. That's a far cry from the 5,000 Insights that the company sold in Japan in the car's first week. Guess the pent-up demand for the Prius-alternative was stronger back home than here in the U.S. Or maybe ...

REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The well-publicized battle for hybrid sales supremacy between Honda and Toyota has taken yet another intriguing turn. According to the Nikkei newspaper in Japan, Toyota is expecting to take 40,000 preorders in Japan for its new 2010 Prius hybrid ahead of its official debut in May. For the sake ...

2010 Honda Insight officially priced at $20,470*, on sale March 24 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since Honda announced the revived Insight hybrid for 2010, rumors have swirled that the new model would undercut its chief rival, the Toyota Prius, in price by a few thousand dollars. Now, it's official. Honda's hot new hybrid will start at $19,800 (*plus $670 in destination charges) in ...


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