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Honda is recognized as Best Value Brand – details here!

2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid For a sixth consecutive year, Honda has been chosen as America’s “Best Value Brand” in Kelley Blue Book’s Brand Image Awards, which recognizes automobile manufacturer’s success in fostering and retaining brand attributes that customers appreciate and pay attention to. In awarding its “Best Value Brand” award for 2020, Kelley Blue Book recognized Honda for its quality, reliability, durability and overall advanced technologies that the brand incorporates in its vehicles.

The 2020 Brand Image Awards are based on consumer automotive perception data from Kelley Blue Books’ Brand Watch study. This Brand Watch is an online brand and model perception tracking study, which taps into more than 12,000 in-market new-vehicle shoppers annually on KBB.com, and offers insight into how shoppers perceive important factors driving their purchase decisions, including capturing brand and model familiarity and loyalty among new-car shoppers.

As it comes to Honda, the prominent manufacturer offers a full line of reliable fuel-efficient and fun-to-drive vehicles with advanced safety technologies sold over 1,000 independent US dealers. Brand’s portfolio includes the famous Fit, Civic, Insight and Accord passenger cars, all along with HR-V, CR-V, Passport and Pilot SUVs. Honda’s electrified lineup includes Insight hybrid-electric sedan, Accord Hybrid, CR-V Hybrid and the Clarity series.

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April 20, 2020

2021 Honda Insight is here! Here’s a quick overview!

2021 Honda Insight will arrive at dealerships with tons of newly available advanced features: Blind Spot Information system and Cross Traffic Monitor, all along with new exterior changes and a new finish: Radiant Red Metallic. Neat!

The vehicle features best-in-class passenger space, upscale interior appointments, and overall refined driving experience. With an affordable starting price, new Insight is definitely a worthy family member. Let’s check out more, shall we?

New Insight comes with Honda Sensing suite and is the only compact hybrid sedan to earn a Top Safety Pick Plus rating from the IIHS. Furthermore, the Insight has also recently received a top-five green score from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, beating numerous honorable plug-in and battery electric vehicles.

Available in LX, EX and Touring trim levels, all 2021 Insight models come standard with multi-element LED headlights, push-button start, and tons of advanced passive and active safety technologies. New for 2021 model year is the Blind Spot Information and Rear Cross Traffic Monitor, while the 8-inch Display Audio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration remains part of the standard equipment. Exclusively for the Touring trim level, designers and engineers have included leather seating surfaces, an 8-way power driver’s seat, Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System, dual-zone automatic climate control and numerous more.

2021 Honda Insight

The vehicle is made exclusively at Honda’s Greensburg, Indiana, alongside Civic and CR-V, using domestic and globally-sourced parts. Its hybrid drivetrain system is consistent of a 1.5-liter Atkinson-cycle, two-motor system and an intelligent power unit that contains the hybrid battery pack. All of these parts are produced in Ohio.

Sweet!

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March 24, 2020

Six Honda vehicles earn recognition from IIHS

2020 Honda CR-V Five Honda modes have managed to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s TOP SAFETY PICK rating when geared with specific headlights. Also, one of the vehicles has achieved a TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS award. Contributing to the top ratings, 2020 Accord, three Civic models (Coupe, Sedan and Hatch), Insight and CR-V each achieved the highest possible rating of “GOOD” in all six IIHS crashworthiness tests. Additionally, the advanced Honda Sensing driver-assistance technology managed to contribute to “SUPERIOR” ratings for vehicle-to-vehicle frontal crash prevention.

For the 2020 model year, CR-V and Civic join the Accord, Insight, and Passport in offering Honda Sensing as part of the standard equipment on all trim levels. The system itself now includes Collision Mitigation Braking System with Pedestrian Detection, Forward Collision Warning, Road Departure Mitigation with Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keeping Assist, all along with Adaptive Cruise Control. Neat!

Additionally, all Honda vehicles also benefit from Honda’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering body structure, designed to protect occupants in a wide variety of frontal collisions, along with an advanced supplemental restraint system, which includes pre-tensioning front seatbelts, and front, side, knee, and side-curtain airbags.

As it comes to the award, in order to earn it, a vehicle must earn “GOOD” crashworthiness ratings in all test modes, including the challenging passenger-side small overlap test. A top-rated vehicle must also offer front crash prevention that earns an “ADVANCED” or “SUPERIOR” rating in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian testing, along with “GOOD” or “ACCEPTABLE” ratings for available headlights.

2020 Honda Insight

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February 14, 2020

Honda reveals details about upcoming 2020 Insight lineup

2020 Honda Insight arrives at dealers with tons of neat goodies and improved drivetrain system, along with an affordable starting price – $22,930. New Insight brings style and fuel efficiency, all along with new gadgets and features that would make even sceptics turn their head around. Let’s check ‘em out, shall we?

2020 Insight blends massive passenger space with premium interior appointments and refined drivetrain system. The engine generates a total of 151hp and ensures responsive acceleration and smooth and rewarding driving experience.

2020 Honda Insight

Available in LX, EX and Touring trim levels, new Insight lineup comes with multi-element LED headlights, push-button start and Honda Sensing suite of advanced safety and driver-assistance technologies. Also, Insight EX adds an8-inch Display Audio with Apple CarPLay and Android Auto smartphone integration. At the same time, Touring models bring leather seating surfaces, an 8-way power driver’s seat, Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation and dual-zone climate control.

New 2020 Honda Insight is exclusively created at Honda’s Greensburg Indiana plant, along with new Civic and CR-V with its 1.5-liter Atkinson-cycle, two-motor hybrid engines produced in Ohio.

2020 Honda Insight

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July 16, 2019

Honda team advances towards a safer future with its new tehcnologies

2019 Honda Insight Honda’s model year 2018-2019 features numerous contemporary gadgets and technologies, but the ones that stand out are the safety features. NHTSA and IIHS have tested every contemporary Honda vehicle and each single of these has earned NCAP rating of 5 stars, or with other words, the vehicles have received the highest possible ratings as it comes to utility technologies.

Leader in this prestigious trend is all-new 2019 Honda Insight, becoming the only compact hybrid vehicle to earn a 2018 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS for all trim levels and receiving overall excellent points in all crashworthiness tests. Also, 2019 Pilot has managed to score good results and was named a Top Safety Pick Plus by the institute. Such and award have received 2018 Honda Accord, CR-V, Odyssey and 2019 Ridgeline.

A key to Honda’s well-built and safe vehicles is the Honda Sensing suite of advanced technologies that apparently do make a difference. In fact, since the introduction of the system back in 2015, Honda has sold nearly 1.6 million machines with Honda Sensing. This suite helps provide greater awareness of driving conditions around the vehicle and in some cases aid the driver in tricky road situations. Comprising the suite are Collision Mitigation Braking System, Forward Collision Warning, Road Departure Mitigation, Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist System and Adaptive Cruise Control.

2019 Honda Pilot

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December 18, 2018

Honda Insight receives prestigious award from NCAP

Receiving top rates in all evaluated categories, 2019 Honda Insight has earned a well-deserved 5-star Overall Vehicle Score, the top available safety rating in US government’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The vehicle has confidently established itself as a leader in third-party safety rates and has also earned Top Safety Pick Plus from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

On sale since July, new Honda Insight offers class-leading power and passenger space, sexy styling and efficient drivetrain system. In fact, all 2019 Honda Insight models are geared with Honda Sensing suite of active safety and driver assistive technologies that not only contribute to safe and pleasurable driving experience, but also have earned brand and model premium awards and recognitions.

The safety suite aids drivers for greater awareness of driving conditions and in many cases help driver maintain lane position and in certain situations engage the autonomous brake. Some of the systems are Collision Mitigation Braking System with Forward Collision Warning, Road Departure Mitigation with Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control.

As you might know, this is the ninth Honda model that has managed to earn a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from NHTSA. The other siblings are Accord, Civic, Fit, HR-V, CR-V, Pilot, Odyssey and Ridgeline.

2019 Honda Insight

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October 3, 2018

Honda reveals more details about the 2019 Insight model

2019-Honda-Insight-910 2019 Honda Insight is already on sale and as it seems, the new family guy has managed to impress both fans and critics. Sharply styled, fraught with technology and offering new engineering solutions, the sedan would focus on delivering smooth and pleasurable driving experience, enhanced fuel efficiency drivetrain system and ease of browsing the utility gadgets.

2019 Insight also comes with best-in-class passenger space with premium interior trim, upscale styling and pretty neat drivetrain system – the engine is capable of delivering a total of 151 horsepower that results on sharp and precise acceleration, while, at the same time, remains ecologically friendly – the vehicle receives EPA city rating of 55mpg2. Also, let’s not forget the relatively low starting price.

Available in three trim levels, LX, EX and Touring, the new Insight also features multi-element LED headlights, push-button start, a digital driver’s meter and Honda Sensing suite for advanced safety technologies. Among other features, Insight EX comes with an 8-inch display audio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration. Furthermore, Touring model adds leather seats, 8-way power driver’s seat, Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System, dual zone automatic climate control and more.

So, how do you like the new family guy? We believe that the new 2019 Honda Insight would be a honorable family member not only in the particular lineup, but also in the whole Honda product list. Cheers!

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July 2, 2018

96 g/km* for the 2012 Honda Insight

The launch of the 2012 Honda Insight at Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) 2011 in September reaffirms Honda’s commitment to reducing CO2 emissions.

The 2012 Insight is now even more environmentally friendly producing just 96 g/km* of CO2. Fuel economy and emissions have been improved by means of enhanced aerodynamics and powertrain efficiency. Reduced engine friction , Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) and better air conditioning, benefiting from a new cold storage system, all contribute to lower fuel consumption.

The Insight also receives a fresh exterior design including a new front grille. The slimmed tail spolier allows for a wider rear glass area, and combining this with a modified tail gate garnish and a reduction in the size of the wiper motor unit results in overall increased rear visibility.

Adjustments have been made to the engine and suspension for an overall improvement to ride comfort and stability. The features within the interior have also been enhanced for a superior quality.

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September 2, 2011

5 Most Aerodynamic Family Saloons on the Market

BMW E90 3 Series - Front Angle View

We have all heard the idiom “This … has the aerodynamics of a brick” at one time or another and it is not by accident that the expression has become universally popular among automotive enthusiasts. It turns out, in fact, that when it comes to aerodynamics (which in a car determines a number of characteristics, including but not limited to top speed, fuel consumption, and noise inside) you pretty much cannot do any worse. How do we know? Well, some really smart people invented the ‘drag coefficient’, which is a useful number to measure the frontal area resistance of a solid object in air or liquid. When this solid object is a brick, the number equals 2.

Back to cars, ever since people recognized that cars and carriages are not the same thing, car manufacturers started to pay more attention to aerodynamics as part of their efforts to make their cars go faster, be more stable, and look better (although the latter turned out to be way more than a function of wind resistance). All in all, in the last half a century aerodynamics has had a crucial role in shaping our concept about the attributes of a car’s exterior.

So what are the 5 cars of today, which are most brick-un-like in terms of their Cd (the accepted designation of drag coefficient)?

5. Opel Insignia

So it is not only beautiful but also efficient in the way it slips through the air. The 2009 European ‘Car of the Year’ award winner has been a total hit so far with its sales in Europe and is well-received on the US market, as well, where it appears with a Buick badge. Of course, the Insignia has its faults – the scarce rear passenger leg room is something the vast majority of automotive journalists who have tested the car agree on. Another thing they agree on, however, is its successful design, which is not only pleasing to the eye but also responsible for a Cd of only 0.27.

4. BMW E90 3 Series

In our minds, BMW’s have never won people over through their aerodynamic design – something which has been the reserved territory of brands, such as Citroen for example. Still, despite the fact that the little bimmer is quite different to look at when compared to the renaissance-like shapes of the Insignia, it has the same Cd value of 0.27 as the Opel. That is, only if it bears a 318i/320i badge – the reason is that larger wheels and fatter tires, as well as a few other exterior tweaks, increase the Cd number slightly in the name of better stability and driving security.

1-3. Japanese Wedges versus the Three-Pointed Star: A Three-Way Tie!

There are three cars, which occupy the top of this ranking: the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the Toyota Prius, and the Honda Insight. They all share a drag coefficient of just 0.25 and two of them – the Prius and the Insight – also share a largely similar design concept. In fact, to use the word ‘share’ would not be entirely correct because the Insight came in 2008 in response to the Prius’ considerable market success and stole its silhouette in an attempt to steal its sales. Nowadays, however, we are all quite used to automotive anonymity and other such examples abound, so it is hardly scandalous. While the two cars have the same Cd value, the Honda needs it a bit more to compensate for the smaller gasoline engine it packs (1.5 vs. 1.8 liters).

Unlike the above two cars, whose hybrid nature and green marketing obligations force them to be as aerodynamic as possible, the E-Class Mercedes is built around the idea of comfort and luxury. It is the most prestigious and expensive car in this ranking and has the most conventional visual profile of the lot. Therefore, we consider it a small miracle that it manages to equal the achievement of the Japanese ‘eco-wedges’. Hat tip to Mercedes, therefore, as they have found a way to win in one more category without giving up any of their traditional qualities!

August 29, 2011

Oaktec Honda Insight Hybrid Rally Car

No, its not a bad joke. Actually, Oaktec Honda Insight Hybrid Rally Car is a 100 mpg automatic hybrid eco sports car, which has been banned from rallying for being too fast. We imagine the disappointment of the engineers…

The petrol-electric Honda Insight hybrid, which competes in the Formula 1000 rally championship, has been asked to withdraw following concerns from rival competitors that it has an unfair advantage, after dominating the 2011 series with two wins and a second place from the first three rounds.

Oaktec Honda Insight Hybrid Rally Car is powered by a tuned petrol-electric hybrid system, which easily achieves 100 mpg when driven slowly.

“It was a bit of a shock when I got the call as after six years of hard work we finally had our chance for a bit of glory. But I fully understand the perspective of the organisers and their wish not to spoil the sport for the other drivers. Formula 1000 is a great championship and they were really supportive by allowing us to compete with these new hybrid technologies in their rallies and we always agreed that if we had a clear advantage we would step aside. It’s a shame it had to happen mid-season but it’s the risk you face in going against the grain and trying something radical. If it fails, no one notices; if it’s successful, you have an unfair advantage. I think our project has made people realise that there is a real future for genuinely green technologies in motorsport and other leisure activities.”, said Oaktec boss Paul Andrews.

The tuned Honda hybrid system, Oaktec entered the rally car in a fuel economy competition and returned 82 mpg, beating the next best car, a small diesel, by over 17 mpg. Furthermore, the car is unique in motorsport because it uses a CVT automatic transmission developed by Bosch, who also sponsor the car.

You can see the Oaktec Honda Insight hybrid in action, along with other banned Group B rally cars, at Green-Car-Guide Live! at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, 15-17 July 2011, in Cheshire.

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June 28, 2011

2011 Honda Insight improved for UK

Honda has announced an enhanced Insight line-up for the UK market, boasting new top-of-the-range model and long list of chassis and suspension improvements. (more…)

December 7, 2010

2011 Honda Jazz Hybrid at the Paris Motor Show

Honda Jazz Hybrid will be presented at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. It is the world’s first B-segment car with hybrid technology, which is capable of doing 64.2mpg or 4.4 liter per 100 km.

2011 Jazz Hybrid is powered by 1.3 litre i-VTEC, which can be found on the Insight Hybrid. The small engine emits just 104 g/km of CO2. The car features flexible Magic Seats and up to 831 litres of boot space. The IMA battery pack is integrated in the area under the boot floor, so the luggage compartment is unharmed. (more…)

September 28, 2010

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