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2012 Honda Insight: New Front Styling, Better Gas Mileage

Although the Honda Insight was eagerly awaited before it launched as a 2010 model, the little hybrid hatchback has never come remotely close to its sales goals. But the company isn't giving up, and the new 2012 Honda Insight features revised front styling, a nicer interior, and improved gas mileage...

October 18, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

Loss Of California HOV-Lane 'Prius Perk' Slows All Traffic, Study Says

October 14, 2011 2

3 Best-Selling Hybrids: Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, Sonata Hybrid

September 9, 2011 18

2012 Honda Insight: Higher MPGs, New Grille, Nicer Interior

September 2, 2011 9

CA To Hybrid Drivers: Sorry, We're Just Not That Into You--Any More

Spare a thought, if you will, a momentary tear, for 85,000 doomed drivers of three models of hybrid car in California. They are the unlucky losers of a privilege that saved... June 30, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

Why Haven't Hybrid Sales Been Higher, And Should They Be?

Hybrid cars seem to bring out strong beliefs among car buyers, both pro and con. On the pro side, they get better gas mileage, offer some small degree of all-electric... May 27, 2011 by John Voelcker 8

Chevy Volt Price-Gouging Pushes Buyer Into Honda Insight Hybrid

For all the media furor over the 2011 Nissan Leaf and the 2011 Chevy Volt, you'd think that tens of thousands of them were flooding onto our streets each month. Not so. As of... March 21, 2011 by John Voelcker 1

Honda Takes The Insight Down A Notch—In Price

Honda has been battling the Toyota Prius popularity pretty much since its introduction and that battle has been an up hill struggle with the Honda Hybrids not gaining much... November 30, 2010 by Jonathan McGrew 2

Hyundai Blue-Will plug-in hybrid concept, Seoul Motor Show, April 2009

Will Hyundai Hammer Honda In Fight For Greenest Carmaker Title?

For many years, Honda was routinely awarded the title of greenest carmaker in the U.S. market. But its most recent green cars have stumbled, and a dark-horse competitor is... November 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 9

Ouch! Honda Yanks Civic Hybrid AND Insight Off Sale In Canada

[UPDATE: Honda Canada later clarified to Autoblog Green that it was not removing the cars from sale, but merely selling down available stocks, and that it would order more... August 23, 2010 by John Voelcker

Honda To Launch Plug-In Hybrid Car in 2013, A Year After Toyota

It's been a time of turmoil for Honda lately, with the company doubling down on hybrids and pulling back on its clean-diesel efforts. Now, according to a Reuters report, the... July 19, 2010 by John Voelcker

2010 Audi A3 TDI named Green Car of the Year, 2009 LA Auto Show

Green Car Sales: Winners and Losers of 2009

It's beginning to look as if the worst is over for U.S. auto sales. The year that just closed was, in the immortal words of Queen Elizabeth II, an annus horribilis, with only... January 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 2

Mugen Mods Honda Insight

It has been less than a week since the Honda Insight went on sale in Japan and there are already modifications available for it. The perennial Honda tuners at Mugen have... February 10, 2009 by Robert Scardino 1