While meditating on the thrown this morning was reading the Car and Driver article on the new Honda Insight and came across this Counterpoint opinion of the car! Chalk up another point for the Fit!



DAVE VANDERWERP
After a half-dozen acceleration sprints, a couple of skidpad runs, and two full-throttle laps around a five-mile oval, it’s telling that the Insight’s fuel gauge was still pegged at full, not budging even a millimeter. The Honda is more invigorating to drive than the Prius—that’s perhaps the feeblest of praise—but the enthusiast litmus test seems to be whether you’d trade the Insight’s dozen-mpg advantage to drive the cheaper, far more spacious, light-years quicker, and exceedingly more exciting standard-issue Honda Fit. I certainly would.

 

ha ha thats funny
+ one more for the Fit.

 

"light-years quiker"? Wow, the Insight must be SLOOOW! Hah!

 

seriously..whats the 0-60 times on the insight x.x

 

Insights 0-60 is at 10.6 seconds and quarter time at 18 seconds at 79mph!

 

I'm disappointed in the MPG numbers. 40/43 vs. 48/45 of the Prius. I'm hoping that the real world mileage will be higher.

As of right now, it doesn't make sense to buy one over a Fit. Not enough MPG benefits.

 

Insideline got 55mpg, under mixed driving while testing the Insight in real world conditions. Pretty darn impressive.

 

That makes me feel better. I was super excited about the 4-door hatch Honda hybrid until I read the EPA figures.