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2019 Honda Insight prototype to debut at Detroit auto show

Green Car Reports

A new hybrid car from one of the pioneers of hybrid-electric vehicles is notable, and that's what Honda has delivered. The company said Tuesday morning that it will show a prototype of what will be the 2019 Honda Insight.

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Tesla Autopilot update, electric Ford F-150, 2020 Honda Insight: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

The 2020 Honda Insight hybrid gets a slight price increase. A Canadian company already creates an electric F-150. Tesla's next big software release will bring significant changes to Autopilot. And we step back and ask if EV conversions matter today. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Honda Insight Hybrid: The Least-Wanted Car In America?

Green Car Reports

So it appears to be with the Honda Insight, the subcompact mild hybrid hatchback that the company discontinued after the 2014 model year. DON''T MISS: Honda Ends 3. Green Honda Integrated Motor Assist New car sales mild hybrid sales subcompact'

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2012 Honda Insight: New Front Styling, Better Gas Mileage

Green Car Reports

Although the Honda Insight was eagerly awaited before it launched as a 2010 model, the little hybrid hatchback has never come remotely close to its sales goals. But the company isn't giving up, and the new 2012 Honda Insight features revised front styling, a nicer interior, and improved gas mileage ratings.

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2012 Honda Insight

Green Car Reports

Two years ago, Honda launched its Insight subcompact hybrid hatchback to high hopes. Regrettably, the company saw its hopes for soaring sales of its mild hybrids dashed, with the Insight selling less than half the projected number--largely because it suffered in comparison to its showroom stablemate, the Honda Fit.

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Honda Insight Hybrid To Be Canned By 2015?

Green Car Reports

Honda''s Insight has never enjoyed the success of the Toyota Prius or even Honda''s own Civic Hybrid, and it looks like the writing is now finally on the wall for the budget hybrid hatchback.

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Honda Insight Sales Take Plunge, Company Reconsiders Hybrid Fit

All Cars Electric

Honda had initially set a sales goal of the newly redesigned Honda Insight at 200,000 units in 2010, its first full year of production. Last year, the company sold 130,445 total units worldwide since the Insight's introduction which began in Japan in February and spread throughout the rest of the.