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2019 Honda Insight video review

Green Car Reports

You could be forgiven for not remembering the two Honda vehicles that have worn an Insight badge before. The second was a Prius-like Prius fighter, egg shape and all. This 2019 Honda Insight is the third Honda to wear the name and perhaps it’s.

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2012 Toyota Prius C Vs 2012 Honda Insight: Sub-$20K Hybrids Compared

Green Car Reports

If you're in the market for a brand new hybrid but want to save a few pennies on purchase price, you're really limited to two vehicles. One is the 2012 Honda Insight, familiar not just for its Prius-like profile but also having been on sale for several years now.

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Toyota Prius AWD-e earns 50 mpg with all-weather treads

Green Car Reports

If you want one of the highest-mileage non-plug-in vehicles on the market—like the Toyota Prius, Hyundai Ioniq, Kia Niro, or Honda Insight, there’s been one quite significant deal-breaker for many Snow Belt families: All-wheel drive simply isn’t a possibility.

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Will Surging Gas Prices Save The Honda Insight?

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The Toyota Prius is the best-selling hybrid vehicle of all time and recently passed three million sales globally and a million in the U.S., And when fuel prices rise, so has demand for the Prius and other high-mileage vehicles. So then, why hasn't it for the Honda Insight? over more than a decade.

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Prius Top-Seller in Japan in August; 4th Month Straight

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The Prius remained Japan’s top selling new passenger vehicle in August—its fourth month straight as the top seller, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Prius sales by month in Japan. Click to enlarge. Overall, total sales were up 8.2% in August year-on-year to 179,766 units.

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New Honda Insight 10th-Best Selling Car in Japan in February, Edges Out Prius

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Nevertheless, the Insight made No. 10 in the category of vehicles with engines of 660cc or larger, beating Toyota Motor Corp.’s ’s Prius hybrid. The Prius came in 12 th , with its sales falling 20% from a year earlier to 4,524 units.

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Prius Top Selling Car in Japan in May

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Toyota’s new Prius was Japan’s top-selling vehicle in May, according to new car sales rankings —excluding minicars with displacements of less than 660 cc—released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Prius sales in Japan by month since January 2007. Data: JADA. Click to enlarge.

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