Honda, the carmaker that very rarely gets it wrong, has done so at least twice---ten years apart. In 1999, Honda decided to be the first with a hybrid in North America. The first-generation Insight beat the original Toyota Prius to showrooms by seven months. The head start was of little help. In seven years, just as the second-gen Prius was setting sales records, Honda pulled the plug on the Insight. It was funny-looking (even compared to the Prius) and impractical, as it had only two seats. Honda regrouped and in 2009, came back with an Insight that looked like it was meant to compete head-to-head with the Prius. Seating for five, styling that looked like someone had pretty much put a sheet of tracing paper over a Prius brochure and then made some adjustments to keep the lawyers happy. It died in five years. It might have looked better than the first and been a couple of thousand dollars less than a Prius, but it wasn't nearly as good as a Prius---a point that I drove home in a June, 2009 review.
Well, here we are, living in a year ending with a "9", and here comes Honda again---with the third Insight. And it's just plain tremendous. With the 2019 Insight, Honda has come up with the logical middle between the Civic and the Accord. Not as stylistically overwrought inside and out as the Civic, not as large as the Accord. It's an answer to a question I didn't know to ask---but it's pure Goldilocks. And the icing on the cake: It's a hybrid. The 1.5-liter I-VTEC four-cylinder engine plus an electric motor mated to a CVT makes for a combined 151 horsepower, which is more than adequate for the Insight's size and weight. It also delivers staggeringly good fuel economy. The EPA says 51 city/45 highway. But in 300 miles of city street and urban freeway driving, my end-of-the-week average was 50. Fifty. 2019 Honda Insight interior. And in top-of-the-line Touring trim like our tester, the Insight is phenomenally well-equipped and borders on luxury. LED daytime running lights. Premium audio system with ten speakers. Display audio with Honda navigation, voice recognition and multi-view rear camera. HondaLink with smartphone integration. Dual-zone automatic climate control with air filtration system. Driver's eight-way power seat. Front passenger's four-way power seat. 60/40 split fold-down rear seatback. Front auto up/down power windows. Illuminated visor vanity mirrors. Tilt and telescoping steering column. LED headlights and taillights. Heated power door mirrors with turn indicators. Smart entry with security. Adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow. There's also three years or 36,000 miles of Honda roadside assistance. I'll be astonished if you ever need it. As Jean Jennings wrote about the 1984 Honda Civic sedan in Car and Driver, "Damn, she's a fine one." The 2019 Honda Insight belongs in the ranks of the best cars they've ever made. And if I go Honda shopping, this is the one I'll be going for.
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