2019 Honda Insight Hybrid

Kinda Civic/Accord and may I dare say Telsa looking.

 

The front end is tediously in line with Honda's latest design tangent, and not a hatchback. I'm depressed.

 

the issue, as i see it, is price. honda seeks buyers willing to pay more for slightly better styling and interior comfort.
toyota has proven performance, less comfortable, lower msrp and heavy discounting.

 

With the U.S. buyers shying away from sedans I don't know why Honda needs an Accord, plus a Clarity, plus an Insight. They all seem to be 5 passenger sedans. The public wants crossovers and hatchbacks.

 

I just noticed: Civic has a hatchback, at least up here in Canada.

 

Nice looking but I need utility of hatchback. If they bring back Civic Hybrid in hatchback style, I will consider.

 

Yes, they brought back Civic hatch here in the US along with Type R.

 

accord and civic still sell well, no? have the top 10 vehicles changed?

 

Toyota showed me what they are all about with the 2018 Camry: Has exactly same wheelbase as new Accord and length, width, height so close, it's no excuse to say "Camry is smaller inside because Avalon is Toyota's full sized car, like Accord is Honda's full size car". BS. Toyota did less with the dimensions given.
The fact that I, at 6'2" cannot have enough interior room and a generous driver seat in a Camry is fairly pathetic. That car should be darn comfortable and roomy for me, but it is not. In a way Toyota discriminates against tall individuals in their interior design. And that stinks because of the fact they build very reliable and heavily discounted cars. But, hey, if they don't give a crap about it, they're not getting my money.

 

i have no doubt that there are plenty of 6'-2"+ camry owners, but they may have never driven an accord, or are too cheap to buy one.
then again, sometimes arm, leg and torso measurements are more important than overall height.

 

Getting a mild case of "wandering eyes", reading up on the Insight, kinda interesting, till I see this:



Deal breaker.

Addendum:

Strange though: pdf of the Owner's Manual is talking about putting on a temp spare; now I'm confused...

https://owners.honda.com/vehicles/information/2019/Insight/manuals

Excerpt:



Around 9 minute mark, this reviewer shows the spare tire well, says you can get spare tire as an option:

For how much? And what a run-around...

Interesting video, anyway.

 

Had one next to me at a stop light this morning. Though it was a Civic. Then saw the name badge. It certainly looks like a civic. I even think the rear window is the same. IDK it looks too bland to be their hybrid. But Honda is betting on keeping the styling as close to a Civic, since the Civic is the number one selling car in California.

 

If Civic hybrid wasn't associated with bad batteries and poor Honda handling of the issue, this wouldn't be an Insight.

 

like everyone else, they don't really care how many they sell.

 

Ford cares how many Fusion hybrids they sell. Got to cancel out all those trucks for CAFE.

 

good point. obviously, honda isn't saddled with that problem

when are they discontinuing their sedans?

 

It's a compliance vehicle?

Yeah for me that's a negative with the Insight.

 

Saw a headline that the Fusion will be here through 2020.

 

Yeah, discontinued then recontinued like the Vic, Taurus in typical Ford fashion