Honda Insight

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<b>Overview:</b> Still technically a concept, although we all know a production version looking a lot like this will go on sale in spring 2009. For anyone who’s just come out of a coma, the Insight is Honda’s answer to the ubiquitous Toyota Prius hybrid car. And yes, the original 1999 Insight (America’s first gas/electric hybrid) used to be a cramped little two-seater just before you went into that coma, but this one’s a proper five-seater. It will have a 1.3-liter gasoline-powered engine and Honda wants to price it below the imminent next-generation Prius.<br>
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<b>Our take:</b> Competition is a good thing. And sometimes, so is imitation.<br>
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--Colin Ryan<br>
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Honda Insight

Overview: Still technically a concept, although we all know a production version looking a lot like this will go on sale in spring 2009. For anyone who’s just come out of a coma, the Insight is Honda’s answer to the ubiquitous Toyota Prius hybrid car. And yes, the original 1999 Insight (America’s first gas/electric hybrid) used to be a cramped little two-seater just before you went into that coma, but this one’s a proper five-seater. It will have a 1.3-liter gasoline-powered engine and Honda wants to price it below the imminent next-generation Prius.

Our take: Competition is a good thing. And sometimes, so is imitation.

--Colin Ryan

More in Autos:
Up to Speed: L.A. Auto Show news
2008 L.A. Auto Show: Production cars
2008 L.A. Auto Show: Concept cars
2008 L.A. Auto Show: Green cars
2009 Green Car of the Year finalists
Preview: L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge

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