What to Buy - An Insight or a Prius.
Honda has officially released the new Insight.The Insight is much cheaper than the Prius by a few grand. The cheap base price give the Insight the title of most affordable hybrid in the U.S.
The Honda has a great system that will help educate the driver how to drive more economically and thus save fuel.The Honda has a driving setting that will either increase the performance of the vehicle or decrease the perfrmance in the hope of getting better fuel economy.The integrated motor assist helps out the puny hybrid engine by giving it a horepower boost via and electric motor. This new technology further reduces weight, saves on manufacturering costs, and adds to the overall cabin space. Variable Valve Technology is used in the Insight motor which also helps perfomance.For about the price of a base mopdel Prius, you can get a nicely equipt Insight that comes with: rims, USB integraded stereo, navigaion with voice recognition, and steering wheel mounted shifter. The Insight and the Prius are clear competitors but Honda is determined to knock Toyota out of the competitive market to become the hybrid leader.
On the other side of the coin, the Toyota Prius has a 160 horsepower 1.8L engine and features three different driving modes. Those include ECO mode, which allows more of less pedal responsiveness for fuel economy, the EV mode that allows the vehicle to run only on battery power for ½ mile, and the Power Mode which increases pedal sensitivity for more responsive driving.The Pre-Collision system is available as an option on the Prius.The Pre-Collision System is similar to the intelligent cruise control found in other cars which will apply brake pressure if your car get too close to the car infront of you. Toyota has a new system of buttons on the steering wheel that will help keep the driver safe.
Yes the Insight is much cheaper than the Prius, but the Prius does get much better fuel economy. The Honda has a reported 40-city mpg, 43-highway, and a combined mpg of 41; while the Prius has mpg of 48-city, 45-highway, and 46 of combined mpg. So, if you commute 20,000 miles per year (and gas costs .50 a gallon), the Toyota would only cost just over 00 every year and the Honda would come in 0 more. At this rate it would take over 25 years to recover the cost you spent on a Prius where yearly gas savings are concerned.Yes the Prius gets much better fuel economy, but the low starting price of the Insight more than makes up for that difference!
Buy a Hybrid in Southern California, or buy a New Toyota Hybrid. See great deals on the New toyota Prius in Northern California.
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