Ultimate Hybrid Duel: New Prius vs. Honda Insight

FULL TOYOTA PRIUS VS. HONDA INSIGHT @ INSIDELINE.COM:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=144926

At the launch of the 2010 Toyota Prius, Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., tells us, "We'll face two challenges when the Prius goes on sale: the economy and the 2010 Honda Insight.

"The good news for consumers is that the market has plenty of room for both the Prius and Insight in their respective segments," Carter adds. "Based on our 2010 projections, the Prius can achieve a theoretical 7 percent share of the industry's largest segment — midsize sedans. In the second-ranked compact class, the Insight could achieve a 5 percent market share."

So it'll be a nice, peaceful coexistence for these two hybrid cars that just happen to look almost exactly like each other. Don't believe that? Neither do we.

As the U.S. economy continues its topsy-turvy performance, nobody's market share is safe. So it actually matters which hybrid car is better — the 2010 Honda Insight, which went on sale March 24, or the 2010 Toyota Prius, which hits dealers in late May.

The Insight has already proven itself against the 2009 Prius. But now that the 2010 Toyota Prius has appeared with its bigger engine, all-new chassis and 50-mpg EPA-combined fuel economy rating, it is a much tougher hybrid cookie (bursting with high-fiber organic oats and fair-trade chocolate chips!).

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[MaddDogg81]

Honda needs a slightly bigger engine

[MaddDogg81]

fucking taxi's use hybrids and and stillcharge the old rates

[MaddDogg81]

it was for sale in Canada too

[ale03000]

Actually Insight should take 10-10.4 seconds to reach 100km/hr if the S mode is used which is faster, beats the Prius with a smaller engine. It's an Otto cycle engine as compared to the Atkinson cycle engine of Prius.

[bolshevik2]

@EpicXXProductions You are even a bigger idiot since you don't get that I was being sarcastic, faggot.

[EpicXXProductions]

@bolshevik2 I dont like hybrids... but you are an idiot.

[bolshevik2]

Like all hybrids, both are GAY, hail the V6/V8 engines.

[Dinosorable]

@antonio5699 Especially the new design!

[antonio5699]

Toyota Prius is a lot better!!!

[M67v]

The Prius is much better even in features. Here is what the Prius can do and the insight cant do in t Park itself Help keep you into lanes Have a smart key system Go on total electric Show what button ur on in the display The Insight can't have leather seats The Insight can't have 2-way power lumbar The Insight does not have automatic turning off headlights The Insight does not have a solar roof not even a sunroof Those are 9 things that the Insight does not have period.