Spy shots of 2010 Honda Insight sedan

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07-21-2008, 06:48 PM

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They better hope it has a good personality!

07-21-2008, 07:07 PM

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Another thing worth looking at are the lugnuts. The Prius and Civic both have 5 lug wheels. The Insight uses 4 lug wheels

Impressive observation, Cheston!

This new Honda sedan is going to end up looking much like the Prius if the wind tunnel has its say. If you "fix" certain dimensions to be similar to those of the Prius, and if we assume that the Prius is about as slippery as possible for a tall four-door sedan, then the Honda will like like a Prius.

07-21-2008, 07:15 PM

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thanks

07-21-2008, 09:53 PM

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Another thing worth looking at are the lugnuts. The Prius and Civic both have 5 lug wheels. The Insight uses 4 lug wheels (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...kedinsight.jpg)

Honda Fit, which the new Insight is based on also uses 4 lugs.

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Hopefully it will end up looking like the FCX Clarity

Same grill

07-21-2008, 11:13 PM

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For 20k dollars vs 40k for the Volt I have a feeling the Insight can look at ugly as it wants to... it'll still sell well next to the Volt.

07-21-2008, 11:51 PM

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That's funny. Honda has subscribed to Soviet engineering practices!

07-22-2008, 04:27 AM

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^That's what we're looking at.

07-22-2008, 05:34 AM

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What's up with the round all the way around with a square *** look, didn't they learn from the Pontiac Aztek that's a no-no?

07-22-2008, 06:07 AM

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What's up with the round all the way around with a square *** look, didn't they learn from the Pontiac Aztek that's a no-no?

It may look ugly, but it apparently works in the wind tunnel. I wouldn't be surprised if the Aztek has superior aerodynamics compared to other similarly-sized CUVs. Now, aerodynamics didn't sell cars in the past 10 years, but I'm thinking that times have changed.

07-22-2008, 03:34 PM

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Don't you guys know that the people who disguise cars deliberately obscure the badges with cardboard under the covers, intending to cause exactly the sort of misinterpretations you guys are having?

07-22-2008, 03:56 PM

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Don't you guys know that the people who disguise cars deliberately obscure the badges with cardboard under the covers, intending to cause exactly the sort of misinterpretations you guys are having?

I don't need any badges to tell me that car is ugly.

That thing could get 100/MPG and do the dishes for me and I still wouldn't want it.

Jeff