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Originally Posted by elhigh
Dude, what?
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That was the 1st Gen Insight price in 2001ish vs the Civic of the same era (I looked it up in an old buyers guide). I think you guys might have got government subsidies to lower hybrid costs back then? It seems in a free market those first Gens were extraordinarily expensive. People hold them up as the holy grail of hybrids when in fact they were completely irrational and unsustainable.
The current Insight is a shade under $40k which is about line ball considering the exchange rate of $0.80.
We only get the Pruis family, Camry, Insight, CR-Z and Mitsubishi Outlander (only the out lander is a PHEV). We also get BMW's i3 and GM's Volt (whith are really EVs). But that's about it for hybrids.