2010 Toyota Prius Vs 2010 Honda Insight Comptetive Comparison from Justin at Jim McNatt Toyota

[BF3lefou]

I'm a Prius car In a Prius world

Life in plastic Is fantastic 

[radbcc]

Finally, a car salesman who actually knows his product. Great job.

[GrafRamolo]

Best thing about hybrid cars is that during production it consume so much energy power and fuel, that to make one require a lot much oil than big heavy v8 old car will use during 40 years of friquent use :):):) So go a head buy those hypocritical cars :):):)

[TheWTFers]

@GrafRamolo Where are you getting that information? Do you even know how these cars and the V8 you speak of manufactured.

[gwalia4]

@GrafRamolo Lets do the math. If you drive prius for 200k and get 50mpg(city & highway). You would use 4000 gallons. Old V8 car will give you an average of 15mpg( city& highway avg). Thats 13333 gallons. Fuel saved driving a prius is 9333 gallons. Moneys saved is 9333 * $4/gallon = $37,332. This is asuming that in next 10-15 years gas will stay same price( Lets just dream for a sec). Prius battery is just 10 regular car batteries which can be recycled. Lets not forget 3 quart oil change evey 10k

[bd5035]

I say they're BOTH ugly, and not worth the money, even if the insight IS low 20's. Get a 4 cyl car for about the same...with some COMFORT.

[raykrislianggi]

I still say Honda is more reliable than Toyota. Nice review!

[Hackiesacker007]

The Prius wins this battle.

Good luck next time, Honda.

[GoMetricToday]

Wow I can't believe a Toyota guy gave the Insight a good review.  Nice job. I got the Insight because the sales person at the Toyota dealership in Johnson City, TN was very disparaging of the Insight. I have to say he cost Toyota a sale.

[GoMetricToday]

@GoMetricToday I have defected. The more I drove the Insight, the more I hated it. I eventually traded and got a 2010 Prius II. I have to say the Prius is by far the better car.

[siccarri]

Nicely done, almost entirely evenhanded comparison.

Any followup test-drive comparisons?

[jtart51]

who knows..no air bags. I prefer cash ratings!

[jtart51]

Both seem like nice cars. I think it is sad how cars weigh so much and that eats up the gas mileage on all cars. I had an 83 Accord four door five speed that got 37 mpg in mixed driving. That was a decent sized car and it weighed a lot less than these. Even with a carburetor it got great mileage and was peppy. Maybe if automakers got back to the size and weight of the 83 Accord with a 1.7 liter engine they could do even better...especially with today's technology.

[bizzybearfigiblue]

what was the crash rating with your '83 accord? personally i'd prefer to be safer over saving a few pounds...