Thread: Got a new UFO*: 2000 Honda Insight 5-speed (ailing IMA hybrid battery pack)
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Old 06-27-2011, 12:13 PM   #87 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dunkler View Post
Why did Honda release the new Insight without rear fender skirts and less mpg!?
It looks so much more like a Prius that the changes are probably a marketing choice? The original Insight never sold like the Prius. But I would rate the 1st Gen Insight one of the most beautiful cars ever mass produced. ...but one day more of that shape probably has to come back... ?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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