 What is up you guys? Welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'm Gold Pony. I review new cars, trucks, SUVs on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2021 Honda Insight courtesy of Apple Honda in Hanover PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so what did you check this one out today? Because I've actually not yet reviewed the Honda Insight. So that makes it exciting for me. And the miles per gallon, of course, and the price point are actually pretty appealing on this one. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be a few different trim levels for the 2021 Insight. First one being the LX starting at $22,930. EX, which is the one we have today, starting at $24,810. And lastly, the Touring starting at $28,840. So regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on this one will be the same. Powering the Insight is going to come from a 1.5 liter inline four cylinder with two electric motors, putting out a combined 129 horsepower at 4,000 RPM, 197 pound feet of torque available from the power band of zero to 3,000 RPM. It's one of those things you see when you have electric motors, of course. Power sent to the front wheels through a CVT, zero to 60 time comes in at approximately 7.3 seconds, which we will be testing out in a little bit here. And by the way, we got paddle shifters too. Another thing we'll be testing out, but MPG numbers come in at 55 in the city, 49 on the highway. We'll get to see what that's like. And of course the Insight is going to take regular unladed fuel. So you get to save a little bit of money there as well. But before we do any kind of paddle shifter test or acceleration test that I want to mention, there are some drive modes. There's drive mode buttons are located kind of behind the drive buttons. And actually I should mention that as well to actually put this one in drive. You just press the D to put in a reverse. You pull back next to the R and park, of course, is the P. But anyways, drive modes are going to include normal, econ, sport and EV. And so as you can imagine, that's going to adjust different things like the shift points, kind of it is a CVT, also throttle response, climate control settings and the EV mode. That is going to be your full electric or full battery powered mode. So ultimately that is going to be the best MPGs you could possibly get in that mode. But now having said that, let's go ahead and find a straightaway here you guys and let's test out the paddle shifters first. Although it is a CVT, I still like that they're there and I want to see how quickly they're actually going to react for us here. All right, paddle shifters you guys. Okay. I feel like the paddle shifters did absolutely nothing there quite honestly. Still, if I hit them, it still doesn't feel like it's doing anything. I don't know, it just feels weird. I put it in sport driving mode there. I tested out the paddle shifters. It tells me I'm in manual shift mode, but I can't hear anything. There's no difference whatsoever when I'm shifting through the gears there. So I would say on the inside at least these paddle shifters are more or less pointless just to be quite honest. But having said that, let's go ahead and give control back to the inside here. Let's find a straightaway and let's do a quick little acceleration with the inside having full control. Let's see how quickly this thing is going to get us here up to speed. All right, acceleration. Here we go. Huh. Actually guys, not bad on the acceleration end of things. That was actually kind of surprising. I didn't expect that from an insight quite honestly, but yeah, really decent acceleration there. Actually almost spinning the front tires a little bit as well, but actually grip was there, so wasn't spinning, but yeah, that was a good acceleration for the inside. I'm kind of impressed there, but to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. And so upfront, you will find 11.1 inch ventilated front discs in the back 10.2 inch solid rear discs. As far as that 60 to zero stopping distance goes, it's going to come in at 122 feet, which is actually very respectable for comparison sake. If you were to compare the insight to the Toyota Prius, Prius comes in at 131 feet for that braking distance. So you are going to get better braking in the inside as far as the braking feel goes. It's been perfectly fine for me. There's really no issues with the braking feel for me, at least in my short test drive here today. Touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to find a McPherson strut front suspension in the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as the steering feel goes, that's probably one thing again that surprised me with the insight. I don't know, usually when you think about hybrids or any kind of electric powered vehicles, you think they're not going to be as fun to drive minus maybe Tesla, but anyways, the steering feel is pleasantly weighted. I guess you could say it has a very nice weight to it. It's not too loosey-goosey like most SUVs I drive, I guess. So really the steering feel is perfect for the insight, I will say that. So once again, I was pleasantly surprised there. And not only that, the steering wheel grips, again, are perfect. A lot of times you can expect the grips on a car like this to be kind of wimpy or smaller, but the 10 and two grips on the inside are actually quite nice. It fits my hands perfectly, at least. So I did like that as well. And as far as ride quality goes, it's been pretty much on point. Certainly no issues there. I would definitely say it's even on the smoother side than most other vehicles that I do test. So very nice ride quality on the inside. As far as cabin noise goes, that's again, perfectly fine. Especially when you're cruising around city streets in EV mode, this thing is so ridiculously quiet. I absolutely love it. It's kind of interesting. It's something that I'm not used to driving a very modified 4 Mustang GT, which is super loud. So definitely an interesting feeling as far as the quietness goes on the inside. And as far as visibility goes, I can see perfectly fine out the back. And really with most sedans, you're absolutely not going to have any issues there. So visibility is certainly on point as well. It would also mention though, if you go with the touring trim level of the Insight, you will actually also find rain-sensing windshield wipers, which essentially means when the Insight detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers, just like automatic headlights. It's just one last thing you got to worry about. So that's a pretty cool feature there. And again, it's only with the touring trim level if you wanted that. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2021 Honda Insight. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2021 Honda Insight. First thing I wanted to mention on the exterior is that there is a new color for 2021, actually, labeled Radiant Red Metallic. In case any of you guys wanted to check it out. It's a pretty cool color, but let's go ahead and start upfront on the Insight here. Very civic-like front end, which is a good thing in my opinion, actually, like the front end on this one. LED headlights do come standard across the board for all trim levels. That, of course, comes with the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark out at night, they will turn on automatically for you there. LED fog lights are going to come with the touring trim level only. They are going to be found just below those headlights, although we don't, of course, have them right now. I do like the dark, chrome trim accents above the Honda emblem and as well as above the headlights. They look pretty good up there, too, but now let's go ahead and make our way to the sides of the Honda Insight here. And so touching on the side, chrome windows surrounds will come standard across the board, body-colored door handles also standard, and those door handles will actually get chrome accents if you were to go with the touring trim level only if you wanted that. Body-colored power adjustable heated side mirrors come standard for all trim levels. Touring is going to give you LED integrated turd signals within them as well. And, of course, you guys can probably see that hybrid badging found on the front fenders that is specific, of course, to the Insight and comes standard on all trims. And take a look down at the wheel setup, 16 inch alloys coming with the LX and EX, and then you get 17 inch alloys if you were to jump up to the touring trim levels. Therefore, you guys are looking at 16 inch alloys right now. They look pretty good, in my opinion, but now let's make our way to the back of the Insight here. So first, starting up top, you will find a shark fin antenna coming standard across the board. There's kind of an integrated rear spoiler looking thing back there. It's not a real spoiler, it is kind of integrated into that trunk. It looks good. It's kind of a lip type look. You will get that hybrid badging found on the trunk itself. LED tail lights are going to come standard once again across the board as well. And just below it all, guys might be able to see it there. There is a hidden single exhaust outlet. So therefore, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. It's open now since we are around back of the Insight. When it comes to opening that rear trunk, there is a button on the key fob that is one way. There's a button on the trunk itself and there is a button on the driver's side door as well. So a few different ways to open that one up. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 14.7 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down, bumping that up quite a bit. There is rear cargo lighting back there as well and overall a decent amount of space for the size of this vehicle. Make our way then to the rear legroom that comes in at 37.4 inches. So for reference, I'm at even six feet tall. This is how much space I had in that back seat there. There is also a rear center armrest for the EX and touring trim levels if you wanted that. But a couple of things I did not find was rear ventilation or rear USB charging ports. I would have liked to have seen that. But I will say ultimately plenty comfortable for those rear passengers. But then making our way to the front seats, manually adjustable cloth seating coming with the LX and EX. Now of course is what you're looking at right now. Touring trim level is going to add to that an eight-way power driver's seat, heated front seats and a four-way power adjustable passenger seat as well. And once again, seats are plenty comfortable. No issues for me there. Taking a look at the steering wheel it is end telescoping. It is leather wrapped for the touring trim level only. Otherwise you're going to get that urethane finish. And I will say once again, 10 and two grips are brilliant. Perhaps one of the best grips I've test driven in quite a while. So I love that. Then make your way to the startup. Let me first start by showing you guys the key here. It is an insight specific key. Perhaps the main way you can tell that is you do have all blue on one side of the key. It's pretty cool. Other side you're going to have lock, unlock the button to pop the rear hatch and that circular button is actually going to be your remote start. So you can start this one up without actually getting inside that's always convenient. But in addition to that, there is a push button start coming standard for all trim levels across the board. So all I'm going to do is simply just put my foot on the brake and press that bright red engine start button located just to the left of the tech display there. It's over then once started up, the gauges will do a full sweep on the left side of the screen. It is all a digital gauge cluster on the right side. You will have your speedometer, but having said that the left side, you can adjust that using the steering wheel mounted controls on the left side of the steering wheel. That's going to show you a bunch of different things as well as your driving modes actually as well. Average fuel economy, which we managed to hit 49.8 MPGs today, even with a couple of accelerations there. So that's pretty darn good. How many miles you'll have left until you hit empty, which is always going to be relatively high in the insights. So that's pretty cool as well. And of course you got your trip information outside temperature and the rest of the basics basically, but make your way now to overall interior quality. A power mooner if it's going to come with a touring trim level only, that touring is also going to give you homelink control stuff, the three different garage doors and dual zoom climate control as well. But on the other trim levels, all trims are actually going to give you LED ambient console lighting, which is pretty cool to find. Also automatic climate control. And so automatic meaning you can set the temperature and the insight is going to hit that temperature for you. So that's always convenient. Just to the right of the shift buttons, there is a little bit of storage for more than likely a cell phone. It's a perfect size for a cell phone. So I'm assuming that's what that is for. Just in front of that, you have a 12 volt power outlet, two USB charging ports, lecture mechanical parking brake can be found behind that. You do also have dual cup holders and within the center armrest, a decent amount of storage within that as well. So overall everything pretty practical. Interior quality is just fine. There are some soft touch finishes just above the passenger side glove box with some stitching. Personally, I wouldn't have minded some contrast colors on this one, so maybe a lighter interior. But overall that's just my personal preference into your quality is perfectly fine on this one. Then make our way now to the tech display though. Five inch color LCD screen coming just with the LX trim level. If you were to jump up to the EX that we have today or the Turing, you will get an eight inch color touchscreen display. Either way though, you actually still get Bluetooth and audio streaming. However, you will need the larger screen. If you want Android Auto Apple CarPlay and essentially what that is, you hook your smartphone up to the insight and therefore you have free navigation displayed upon that screen as well as the ability to liken this like your Pandora songs and there's a couple other compatible apps as well. Factory navigation system is going to come with the Turing trim level only. You can also set that screen to a clock view. It's something I always kind of liked in Hondas. I don't know, it's just my personal preference there. You can also check out your radio settings up there as expected I guess. Six speakers and 160 watts is going to come with the LX. EX is going to bump that up to eight speakers and 180 watts. Turing is going to bump that up yet again to 10 speakers and 450 watts. So, having said that you guys know we always have to do, let's just go ahead and turn on the radio and see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Ooh, I want it real screen. It's not bad, actually more base than I expected decent amount of clarity. Not gonna be as good as the Turing of course but it's not bad for an eight speaker sound system. I will say that, it's plenty fine for me. But, last thing on that tech display I wanted to mention to you guys is when you do put the insight in reverse you will find a rear view camera. All trim levels across the board is going to get that and as always that is going to lead us into safety. And so, best thing about the Honda Insight safety when it comes to IIHS, the Honda Insight is a top safety pick plus which by the way is the very highest designation given by IIHS so it's a heck of a start right there. Front side side gear and airbags do come standard in the back you're gonna have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats. Also back there rear child door locks there is the tire pressure monitoring system and standard across the board Honda Sensing. And so Honda Sensing is going to include a plethora of advanced safety features including collision mitigation braking system road departure mitigation system adaptive cruise control lane keep assist traffic sign recognition which I noticed it will display the speed limit within those gauges of any given road letting you know what speed you're going so you don't get any speeding tickets perhaps also forward collision warning system lane departure warning as well. And you will also get automatic high beams for all trim levels. And here's one of the new safety features for the 2021 Insight blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic alert that is new specifically to the 2021 that's gonna be with the EX and touring trim levels only you will not get it on the LX so I did want to specify that as well but overall when it comes to my final thoughts of the 2021 Insight if you were looking for great fuel economy really this is a heck of a bargain and I put it that way because it is an excellent price point for the fuel economy that you're going to get when it comes to new vehicles out there I will say that good styling for a hybrid actually as well looks a heck of a lot like the Civic which is a very good thing Civic is a very good looking vehicle it sells a heck of a lot of units for Honda so basically very good styling in my opinion especially for a hybrid great safety on this one again an IIHS top safety pick plus along with Honda sensing that's definitely a good thing and again a great starting price point for a hybrid steering feel is plenty fine especially the 10 and two grips of the Insight I absolutely loved that came unexpected for me but overall let me know what you guys think of the Honda Insight in the comments section below that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you like be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know when I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold anyways if you guys wanted to merge go ahead and look below the video this here sweatshirt is going to be for sale supports the channel supports me I'll thank you guys for watching have a good day bye