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Old 05-20-2014, 10:39 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Gen1 definitely had innovation. While its hybrid system did not work as well in the city as the Prius, I always thought that the car was otherwise better-designed, but since the Prius was better-known, I did not like that people would think that the Insight was a copy of the Gen1 Prius, which was a sedan.
I'm not really so familiarized with hybrid drivelines at all, but at least with the IMA it's still possible to drive the vehicle to a shop in case of some sort of failure of the electric drive.
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