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Honda Insight wins Japan Automotive Hall of Fame Car of the Year

Here in the United States, there are more Car of the Year Awards than you can shake a stick at, and apparently that's also the case in Japan. Just last week at the Tokyo Motor Show, the 2010 Toyota Prius won top honors in the 30th annual Japan Car of the Year voting. Now, Honda has sent out a notice that its revived Insight has won the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame Car of the Year. According to Honda, there were three chief reasons the Insight won the award: The strategy of affordable pricing Honda used in marketing the hybrid ... Read more →

Consumer Reports tests fuel efficiency vs. speed; Honda Insight biggest loser Jeremy Korzeniewski

The faster you drive, the more fuel you use. Common sense, right? Absolutely, but it's still helpful to see real-life data, as you'll see by checking out the results of a recent test performed by ...

VIDEO: Inside Line resides over the battle of the fuel sippers Chris Shunk

Fuel efficiency is the big buzz word in marketing circles, and with good reason. 2008's record fuel prices appears to have finally curbed America's appetite for inefficient trucks and SUVs, and ...

Honda: Insight doesn't look like Prius. Seriously. Jeremy Korzeniewski

One oft-heard criticism of the latest Honda Insight hybrid hatchback is that it looks too much like its chief rival from Toyota, the Prius. We certainly don't have any difficulty picking one out ...

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

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, ...

Japan becomes world's largest market for hybrids in June 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hybrid sales are taking off in Japan due to a perfect storm of newly available vehicles – namely the latest Toyota Prius and Honda Insight – and government-sponsored incentives. In Japan, gas is currently selling for about $4.50 a gallon, partly due to high fuel taxes in that ...

VIDEO: Prius takes on Insight ... on the drag strip? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

There are surely lots of ways to go about comparing the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight. While both machines come only in a five-door hatchback bodystyle and are available solely with a hybrid powertrain, the two vehicles differ widely when it comes to size, price, available technology and ...

Honda likely to miss U.S. sales targets for Insight? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

We had to wait years for someone to give us a hybrid-only alternative to the Toyota Prius, but Honda finally did it with the Honda Insight. Initial interest in the under $20,000 40+ mpg vehicle was high in Japan, but that is not necessarily translating into sales in the U.S. Honda was initially ...

Honda sells 2,096 Insight hybrids in April, Prius sales drop 61.5% 6 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 ...

No Surprise: Honda Insight discussions usually include mentions of Toyota Prius 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to a recent report from Nielsen, 61 percent of all online discussions regarding the Honda Insight also include mentions of the Toyota Prius. On the flip side, only about 27 percent of all internet chatter revolving around the Prius mentions the rival Insight. Interesting, eh? The report ...

REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius 6 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 ...

Honda Insight hitting U.S. dealerships now 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Kicking Tires, the new 2010 Honda Insight is now beginning to hit dealerships across the United States as we speak. A quick phone call to my own local dealership revealed two shiny new hybrid hatchbacks ready to drive off the lot. That's the good news. The bad news (it's not that ...

Why the new Insight's real world mpg numbers will be higher than the EPA rating 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

We recently got the opportunity to drive the new Honda Insight through the gently rolling hills just north of Phoenix, AZ, and managed to score 63.4 mile per gallon on one particular efficiency run. That's impressive, and it's also much higher than the Insight's official EPA rating of 40-city ...

The 2010 Honda Insight shows you its moves 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that you've had a chance to read all about our time with the fun-to-drive 2010 version of the Honda Insight and browse through the photo galleries, we can now offer you the opportunity to see this fuel-sippin' hybrid in motion. Yes, the Honda-supplied footage of their latest pride and joy is ...


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