In a mad dash for cash, Honda is making the new Insight a five-seater like the Prius. Also with improved cost management, Honda will be undercutting the price of both tits hybrid Honda Civic and the Toyota Prius. The new platform will have the battery and control unit beneath the cargo space. The engine appears to be the typical gasoline/electric hybrid type.
Honda is aiming for the goal of 200,000 annual sales with half of them being sold in North America.
Our take? Whether or not Honda’s “insight” can really be called that, it feels like they’re simply following one step behind the Prius on a path that has already been trailblazed.
via AutoWeek