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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Here in a review they say around $20,000 for a new 2000 Insight. Then they say, "When asked if Honda would be selling the Insight at a loss, a company official rolled his eyes and said, "Yeah, that would be safe to assume.""
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But AFAIK the source of that .. 'loss' ... is mostly the R&D .. which Honda then used for their other vehicles ... I don't see why it makes sense to put the cost on the shoulders of one model of car .. and the benefits across the shoulders of all the others... maybe for a tax write off PoV ... but from my PoV ... any R&D used for any other model should get spread out over all those other models... because that R&D cost was not just to make that one model.
AFAIK .. if the R&D is distributed across every model that Honda used it for .. each Gen1 Insight was sold and turned a profit for the retail price they charged ... ~$20k ... I've never seen any solid evidence showing otherwise... but I have seen evidence in favor of this.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
I don't think I've ever seen a used Insight with a lifetime mileage that low. Most tend to be in the upper 50's or low 60's, in the hands of normal drivers.
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Lowest I've ever seen was 19MPG over 1,935 Miles ... YMMV as they say ... if you sit idle in a shopping center parking lot with the AC on ... and let it 'warm up' for 5-10 minutes in the winter each day ... etc ... etc... yeah you'll get crappy MPG any kind of car you drive.