DriViNG Seat
the other problem for me was, every time also like the prius, new insight now comes is a little above average for a medium sized
i looked at the thing in my driveway, all i with enough seating for 5 and boot space for family hatchback.
could hear in my head was the theme to the their luggage. if in the real-world i told you the car
Jetson's cartoon and the sound of their family the principle of the insight remains the averages 50 to 55mpg, it might make you
flying saucer. same, a petrol/electric hybrid hatchback, think twice over a similar sized car with a
On the plus side the first generation but the running gear is very different. when modern common-rail diesel engine....Dare i
insight managed a very attractive 83mpg in use, the petrol engine still provides extra suggest honda's own 2.2 litre diesel powered
and had ultra-low emissions meaning Uk acceleration whilst recharging the batteries Civic for example which manages better
road tax was just £80 for 12 months. it's that power the motor the rest of the time. economy when not driven hard, combined
now £65 under current rules, and is Boris- the insight still features an automatic engine with the flexibility to take a trip across
proof - No london Congestion Charge if stop/start function to assist with economy Germany at a legal 140mph - Something the
you venture into the capital on a trip home when at the lights, but it all works a lot insight definitely can't muster.
to our..ahem, Sceptered isle...i hope no-one better these days thanks to improved well, there are some other benefits. You
detected a trace of irony there... batteries and motor, and a 1.3 litre version can still get into london and other congestion
the list price at the time was enough to of the VteC engine. zones across europe for absolutely nothing. if
make you wince at nearly £17k. But that inside it's still all a bit grey really. if you've you keep your car registered in the Uk whilst
wasn't even the whole story. the real cost got or have driven a current honda Civic you in Spain, then road tax (which you must have
of producing the car and marketing it meant will know what i mean. a bit dark, and just even in Spain to keep your car road legal and
that at the advertised price, honda were doesn't excite. i imagine it would feel a little your insurance valid) will cost you just.....£15
subsidising each insight sold to the tune of disappointing if you'd just spent the required (yes that's FiFteeN pOUNDS) for a year.
some 50%. £15k on one, in spite of the fact that this is that diesel Civic i mentioned would cost
all of this and the looks to boot, at the considerably less than the original 2 seater £120 plus you'd have to pay more for the
time led me to write that this was really insight, particularly when taking inflation fuel per litre than the petrol that the insight
more of a futuristic and unfinished prototype since 2000 into account. takes, particularly in Spain, and on the trips
than the production car it was meant to be Gearing is certainly a lot more civilised back to Uk, if you visited london you'd have
and that it had somehow escaped into the and car-like than that of the old insight but to put something in Boris's pocket for the
showrooms without anyone at the honda although performance remains the same in privilege too.
research and Development noticing. both old and new cars across the board, it's cheaper by over £2k than a prius
it was killed off 3 years later but now it's this latest insight feels more leisurely. this and despite the styling similarities, seems
back - well, in name only it seems. might well be because the old insight was somehow far better looking than the now
if you've already seen one on the road that bit lower to the ground so adding that rather dated toyota. But is there something
you would be forgiven for thinking it was its' go-kart effect. amongst the package that will make you ditch
nearest competitor, the toyota prius. But there is little point in banging on about what you have now for a honda hybrid? well,
i guess that shows that both cars are on top speed and acceleration when "adequate" did i mention that the dashboard displays
the limits of what's possible in the war will always be enough for a car whose main- a sprouting tree as your driving gets more
between aerodynamics and design, but focus is environment and economy - So, what economical? Yep...that's done it for me
there is no doubting the honda is far, far of the costs? too. i'm sticking with the Cayenne and the
prettier than the always rather drab and dull well, as mentioned the car costs £15k missus will just have to keep scraping out the
looking toyota. Sterling-equivalent across europe , which toothpaste tubes.
viva magazine 45
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