$19,800 for a Honda Insight
Will it challenge the Prius?The 2010 Honda Insight, due March 24, will begin at $19,800.
If you want to add stability control, steering wheel shift paddles, a six-speaker stereo system and heated mirrors, the price will increase to $21,300. Add navigation and the price increases to $23,100.
The 2010 Insight will be rated 40/43 mpg city/highway.
Enough bang for the buck?
Labels: honda insight hybrid, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
8:37 AM
14 Comments:
21 thousand still very nice. Prius must have been chased long ago.
BTW, as far as I see heated mirrors and stability control are optional in Toyota Prius. They are standard in Prius Touring, yet, its price starts from 24 thousand.
I'm just glad Honda kept the price under $20,000.
Ultimately, I think there will be a market for both of these hybrids.
Just think: it is only 3.5 thousand more expensive than automatic Corolla and Civic! The difference in price of conventional and hybrid is justified by fuel savings in 3-5 years. Instead of previous 4-8.
It's going to be interesting to see how Toyota is going to start pricing the 2nd gen Prius once the 3rd gen Prius goes on sale. Thus far Toyota has indicated that it will strip down the current Prius a bit so that it can price it closer to the Insight.
I wonder how much they could price it for if they sold it with exactly the same options and trim as the base Corolla.
I don't wonder. I think Toyota starts making profit, while Honda is only starting to capture the market. Hence, the prices. Perhaps, my next car will be this one:
http://automobiles.honda.com/cr-z/
PS: Welcome speedlimit tickets :-)
That'll be an interesting hybrid since it's supposed to "sporty".
Still, I liked Toyota's sporty hybrid better, the FT-HS hybrid
I'm interested in upgrading to a Prius, Insight, or Escape from my current car ('04 Corolla). I don't know if it will be worth it though. Corolla does pretty well (35-40 mpg).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
If your Corolla averages that kind of fuel economy then you don't drive in much congestion, so a hybrid might not be as cost-effective for you.
If, however, you know you'll be facing more congestion in the future, then a hybrid makes more sense compared to the Corolla. In city driving the Corolla achieves less than 30 mpg according to the EPA, whereas the new Prius will hit about 50 mpg EPA. The Insight 40.
But you can't take advantage of that technology without some congestion.
Dah & Bodie. It sounds like a manual Corolla not an automatic one. Or it is 90% highway driving. Or Bodie is a hyper-miler :-)
Automatic Corolla. 75% Highway driving. It only gets up to 40 when I do 100% Highway, but I get 35 consistently. I guess the hybrid will have to be our second car, as much as I hate that idea.
Thanks for the responses so far.
Are there any online resources (calculators?) for figuring out this kind of thing?
For I highway driving, careful 55-60 mph you will get up 50-60 mpg, I guess. Even Camry gets 40+. Given your mileage, you can easily calculate your fuel savings.
I think 40 vs 55 would be a very conservative estimate, 35 vs 55 would be optimistic.
I drove a Fit Sport 5 speed manual a month ago on a 10 mile test drive and averaged 48 MPG according to the trip meter that I reset to zero.
Even if the computer was off by 10%, that's still 43 MPG on a combined cycle trip...on roads and on the motorway.
Granted, the emission of the Insight is probably lower than the Fit in terms of CO, NOx, etc....but all the Fit needed was a start/stop system.
I know I know..I'm beating this thing to death and I know Dahc said that the Fit is coming (exactly what you meant by that I'd like more clarification on) but still..they could have sold the freaking Fit Hybrid for the same price or less than the current Insight.
The early word is that the Fit is going to be cheaper than the Insight.
In terms of hybrid calculators its not so simple. It's really dependent upon individual driving style and driving conditions.
The EPA is the most objective figure, although those figures can be off wildly dependent upon your driving style and conditions. The EPA would say its about 46 mpg hybrid to 30 mpg Corolla. Again, those are estimates.
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