The 2010 Honda Insight is “an affordable four-door, five-seat hatchback,” according to Cars.com, and it is currently available in both LX and EX trim levels. If the Insight nameplate sounds familiar, it is because Honda originally released a quirky-looking two-door hybrid under the same moniker back in the late 1990s, but this latest 2010 Honda is an all-new model. Comparisons to the Toyota Prius are almost inevitable
Car and Driver observes that the 2010 Honda Insight “fits almost perfectly into the Prius mold,” thanks to the fact that the “body has the same high-tail fastback silhouette, surely dictated by aero drag considerations.” Aerodynamic considerations definitely play a large part in shaping the 2010 Insight. While the Prius has a slightly better drag coefficient, Jalopnik says, “if anything, the Honda’s the better looking car, benefiting from its five year younger age, sharper lines and more refined detailing.” 2010 Honda is “more distinctive and much better-looking than the current Prius” with a nose that “looks like Honda’s growing fleet of experimental FCX Clarity fuel-cell cars.”
The cabin of the 2010 Honda Insight is typical of Honda’s other interiors, and indeed Automobile Magazine reports that current “Honda owners who get behind the wheel of the new Insight will feel instantly at home.” Like the new Ford Fusion Hybrid, Car and Driver says this 2010 Honda hybrid offers a few visual fuel economy aids, including the “glowing background of the digital speedometer, which varies through a range of peacock hues from electric lime green at the thrifty extreme to double-strength indigo blue at full power.