Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2012

One is the 2012 Honda Insight, familiar not just for its Prius-like profile but also having been on sale for several years now. The other is the 2012 Toyota Prius c, taking everything the Prius badge stands for.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

While compact hybrids—including the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius—as well as plug-in hybrids topped the rankings with above average overall reliability, electric SUVs were ranked last, with.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 20, 2014

If you''ve been reading Green Car Reports over the past week, you might have seen we recently bought a 2001 Honda Insight--an example of one of the first hybrids sold by a major automaker. But what if you want to buy your own early Insight? And more importantly, should you buy one over a 2001-2003 Toyota Prius--the.'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Toyota’s Prius was the top-seller in Japan in July, with 27,712 units sold—almost quadruple the 7,058 units sold in July 2008, according to data from the Japan Automotive Dealers Association. This marks the third month in a row that Prius was the top-selling car in Japan. Almost 10% of these were placed through the scrappage scheme.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2013

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Toyota’s Prius was the top-selling car in Japan in June for the second month in a row, with sales of 22,292 units—3.58 The Prius became the country’s top-seller in May for the first time, with sales of 10,915 units, which was up more than twice year-on-year from 5,079 units in May 2008.( larger than US Prius sales (12,998) in June.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2013

The Toyota Prius has come a long way since hitting the market over a decade ago. Back then, at the turn of the 21st century, it was no more than a fuel efficient but ultimately unappealing curio, bought only by a select few.

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Honda Insight Prius Toyota Insight 103

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

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. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 7, 2012

With four different Prius models and two non-prius hybrids now for sale in the U.S., As we’ve pointed out before, however, there are plenty of other great hybrid choices on the market worthy of your attention, cars like the 2012 Honda Insight.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Toyota’s Prius continued its run as the top-selling new car in Japan in September, posting 31,758 units, representing an increase of 341% from September 2008. This marked the Prius’ fifth consecutive month as the number one selling new automobile in Japan, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

And with poor sales and Toyota's Prius C now on the market as a head-to-head rival, the Honda Insight can definitely consider itself a follower. That's a shame, for those who remember the original Honda Insight. Some lead, others follow.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling passenger car (excluding mini-cars and imported cars) in Japan in 2009, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). The Prius has held the number one monthly sales slot since May, and posted a total of 208,876 units in Japan in 2009, representing 5.3% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Toyota’s Prius maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales in November for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Monthly sales of the Prius in Japan since 2007. Total passenger car sales for the month were 268,450 units. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Love it or loathe it, everyone can recognize the Toyota Prius. Since the second generation model arrived in the 2004 model year, the aerodynamically-honed one-box shape has always shouted "Prius". So much so that many consider Honda's Insight hybrid to deliberately feature similar styling.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2016

Consumer Reports has confirmed the 52-mpg combined EPA fuel-economy rating of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, although its ratings in city and highway testing differed. Nonetheless, the magazine says the 2016 Prius is the most fuel-efficient car it's ever tested.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2011

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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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2013

For several years, Toyota had the hybrid market pretty much sewn up with its Prius. Okay, so it never reached the heady economy highs of the original Honda Insight, but it was far more practical and electric running made it the hybrid of choice in city driving. That''s until the Ford C-Max Hybrid appeared, at any rate.

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Prius Honda Insight Toyota Ford 108

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2011

The venerable Toyota Prius hybrid is generally accepted as the car which changed consumer’s attitude toward hybrid-electric drivetrains. While the Prius wasn’t the very first hybrid to be sold in the U.S. the original Honda Insight beat it by a few months), it has proven by far the most popular to date.

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Prius Honda Insight Toyota Buy 129

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The 2010 Prius. Toyota also previewed the vehicle this weekend in Los Angeles via its “Prius Connection” program for select early adopters and enthusiast forum participants, attracting potential buyers from across the US and Canada. The 2010 Prius 1.8L The 2010 Prius features a new 1.8-liter Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

The Honda Insight may have outsold the Toyota Prius in April, but it still can’t seem to escape the shadow of its more renowned rival. Research from Nielsen has found that since Honda started selling its new hybrid car, 61 per cent of people who held online discussions about it also mentioned the Prius.

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Insight Prius Honda Insight Honda 42

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

announced manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the all-new 2010 Prius midsize hybrid ( earlier post ), scheduled to go on sale beginning in late May at Toyota dealers nationwide. The third-generation Prius will be available in one grade with a starting MSRP of $21,000. 2010 Prius Levels. Atkinson cycle engine.

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Prius 2010 Toyota Price 170

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 27, 2012

The 2012 Honda Insight and 2012 Honda Fit share a platform, but different bodystyles and the use of Honda's Integrated Motor Assist hybrid technology in the Insight, makes each model unique. The same could be said of the upcoming 2012 Toyota Prius C, and the 2012 Toyota.

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2012 Prius Toyota Honda Insight 112

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2015

beating the now-legendary Toyota Prius by a few months. It was the 2000 Honda Insight, which until now has stood as the. It was the first hybrid car to be sold in the U.S.,

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Prius Honda Insight Toyota 2016 60

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

I thought my 2013 C-MAX would be a Prius Killer? For the record, during the last three years I have leased both a 2010 Prius and 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid, and consider myself an experienced hyper-miler. My mileage in the Prius is 50-plus, the Insight is 40-plus. As a returning Ford buyer I feel deceived.

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Ford Prius Honda Insight MPG 252

Green Car Reports

APRIL 5, 2011

Toyota announced today that it's sold more than one million of its Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles. The Prius went on sale in the U.S. Prius has.

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Prius Toyota Honda Insight Sale 95

Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2016

Today, we look at likely competitors of the Tesla Model 3 to get insight into the new electric car, preview the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid with a short video, and look at how General Motors will market the Chevrolet Volt and Bolt EV. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Prius Volt 2017 Toyota 60

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Toyota maintained its second place position with 1,889 units sold of the Prius PHV in October. Year-to-date, Toyota has sold 9,623 units of the Prius plug-in hybrid. Prius family sales in October were 16,774 units, up 52.4% The Prius Sedan accounted for 8,788 units; the Prius c, 3,328 units; and the Prius v, 2,769 units.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

For a few years now, hybrid sales have been stalled at 2 to 3 percent of the U.S. But for the first seven months of this year, the total is at the low end of the scale: Hybrids represented 2.06 percent of sales from January through August, and just 1.98 percent of sals in August alone. The top three best-selling hybrids since January are.

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Honda Insight Hybrid Insight Prius 118

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

It was once seen as the prime competitor for the ultra-successful Toyota Prius: but now it appears that the Honda Insight has lost the hybrid car war. It was originally marketed as a better looking and less expensive hybrid car, but the Honda Insight Hybrid (pictured) looks to be going away later t[.].

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Honda Insight Insight Honda Prius 43

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

While the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF have stolen most of the green-car limelight of late, and the Toyota Prius continues to be the go-to vehicle for those seeking reliable yet efficient transportation, Honda's Insight continues to plug along, with new upgrades to standard equipment and a less expensive entry-level model for 2011 aimed at.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

MARCH 17, 2011

I get asked this question quite a bit: Why not take a light, aerodynamic hybrid - like a Prius - and convert it into an all-electric car?

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Seattle Honda Insight Portland Prius 229

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2018

This week our news came mostly from follow-up insights from the LA Auto Show as well as mainly. What electric car may finally have gotten a name? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Dec.

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Climate Change Electric Cars Climate Prius 82

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

While Toyota took second place for the year, with 12,750 units of the Prius PHV plug-in hybrid, it dropped to third place in December with 1,361 units of the PHV. sold 1,361 units of the Prius PHV in December in the US, bringing the total for the year to 12,750 units. For the year, the Prius family saw sales of 236,659 units, a 73.4%

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2014

Ever since the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius arrived on U.S. The latest Toyota Prius is rated at 50 mpg combined by the EPA, a figure that only plug-in vehicles currently top. But in other countries, the Prius has even higher official economy figures.

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Honda Insight Prius Hybrid MPG 117

Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2014

by a few months, but it hasn''t done nearly as well with its hybrids as Toyota has done with its Prius. Its first two-seat Insight wasn''t close enough to the mainstream--and the first Honda Accord Hybrid in 2004 didn''t post gas-mileage numbers that were all that great. Honda was the first car company to sell a hybrid in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

One was the first-generation Toyota Prius. The original Honda Insight was still going strong as the most efficient vehicle on sale (and only plug-in cars still better it today). Turn back the clock by one decade, and there were just four hybrid cars on sale in the U.S. Honda also offered the Civic Hybrid.

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