37 Facts About Honda Insight

Honda Insight is a hybrid electric vehicle that is manufactured and marketed by Honda.

The Honda Insight was the least expensive hybrid available in the US.

In December 2010, Honda Insight introduced a less expensive base model for the 2011 model year.

The Honda Insight was launched April 2009 in the UK as the lowest priced hybrid on the market and became the best selling hybrid for the month.

Honda Insight ranked as the top-selling vehicle in Japan for the month of April 2009, a first for a hybrid model.

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In July 2014 Honda announced the end of production of the Insight for the 2015 model, together with the Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell car and the Honda Fit EV electric car.

At the 2018 North American International Auto Show, Honda announced the third-generation Honda Insight prototype, based on the tenth-generation Honda Civic sedan.

Unlike the previous Honda Insight, it was a traditional sedan, not a five-door liftback.

Honda Insight featured optimized aerodynamics and a lightweight aluminum structure to maximize fuel efficiency and minimize emissions.

The first-generation Honda Insight was manufactured as a two-seater, launching in a single trim level with a manual transmission and optional air conditioning.

Honda Insight increased the vehicle's fuel efficiency using aluminum and plastic extensively to reduce the vehicle's weight.

At the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced the concept car Honda IMAS, an extremely fuel-efficient and lightweight hybrid car made of aluminum and carbon fiber, which was perceived by most observers to be the future direction where the Insight was heading.

Ahead of this announcement, Honda stopped selling Insight in the UK, for example, as early as December 2005.

The Honda Insight being homologated as a 2000 vehicle, and hence not Euro 4 compliant, meant it no longer meets the criteria.

Honda Insight won five races and the Class A championship in the Formula 1000 Rally in the United Kingdom in 2006.

In 2011, the Honda Insight was asked to step down from the Formula 1000 Rally Championship after dominating the first three rallies, it went on to compete and win the hybrid electric vehicle class of the RAC Future Car Challenge from Brighton to London by consuming just 2.

In 2010, Multiple aftermarket large capacity replacement NiMH battery packs have become available for the first generation Honda Insight, including GreenTec Auto, YABO Power, BumbleBee Batteries and Hybrid ReVolt.

In 2009, Honda introduced its second-generation Insight based on an all-new, 5-passenger, 5-door, dedicated hybrid platform, which was later used for the Honda CR-Z.

Honda Insight was facelifted in 2010 in the United Kingdom and in 2011 for the 2012 model year in the United States, with updates to the suspension, styling and interior.

Wedge shape of the second-generation Honda Insight has been criticized by many automotive journalists for its similarities with the more successful and older second-generation Toyota Prius.

New Insight includes Honda's fifth generation of its Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system.

Honda Insight's IMA is powered by a flat, nickel-metal hydride battery pack located below the cargo floor between the rear wheels.

Air conditioning system on the new Honda Insight has an expanded thermodynamic range compared to conventional systems.

Unlike the separate low pressure and high pressure refrigerant pipes used in conventional systems, the Honda Insight has its low pressure cold pipe enclosing the high pressure hot refrigerant pipe that allows the cold refrigerant on its way back to the engine bay to cool the warm refrigerant traveling to the cabin.

The new grille comes with a blue stripe that Honda Insight says represents the car's “high-tech hybrid identity.

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In 2017, Honda Insight addressed the concern in 2016 and, in 2017, extended the warranty to cover these flaws for eight years.

In December 2010, Honda introduced a less expensive Insight hybrid for the 2011 model year to help boost sales.

The Honda Insight ranked number two in all hybrid vehicle sales after the Toyota Prius, beating out the Toyota Camry Hybrid and the Ford Fusion Hybrid.

The Honda Insight is no longer exempted from the London congestion charge.

Honda Insight was launched as the lowest-priced hybrid car in Australia starting from December 2010.

Honda Insight was launched in Korea in October 2010 as the lowest priced hybrid car offered by import automakers.

The Honda Insight performed well in comparison tests administered by Motor Trend and Car and Driver.

Honda Insight recognized that the price was low, but concluded that a Volkswagen Golf was a better deal.

In November 2013, Honda informed dealers in Japan that Insight production would stop.

Third generation Honda Insight prototype debuted at the 2018 North American International Auto Show, and the production version was unveiled at the 2018 New York International Auto Show.

Unlike the previous Honda Insight, it is a traditional sedan, not a five-door liftback.

New Insight uses Honda's third generation two-motor hybrid powertrain, featuring a 1.