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Car reviews - Honda - Insight - 3-dr hatch

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It may have failed in Australia, but the Insight was the first hybrid car on sale

19 Jun 2001

EXPENSIVE, divisive, compromised inside and mediocre in its performance and road manners. The two-seater Insight is all of those things. And much more. A step back from the minutiae reveals the first petrol-electric hybrid production car on Australian roads and a revelation in terms of frugal fuel consumption and ultra-low engine emissions. No-one expects it to sell up a storm. But as the first nail in the coffin of the internal combustion engine, it deserves our attention.
Model release date: 1 March 2001 to 1 July 2004

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