The 2010 Honda Insight went on sale today in Japan with a sticker price of 1.89 million yen. Convert that to good ol' American dollars and that's only $20,640 at current conversion rates.
Honda has said that the Insight will be the least-expensive hybrid in the U.S. when it goes on sale this spring, so don't be surprised if the American side of the operation finds a way to get that price down to $19,999.
The 2010 Honda Insight is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. on April 22, but Honda officials told us that the company will start shipping them to dealers as soon as the first boatload makes landfall which could happen in late March.
firstwagon says:
05:41 PM, 02/ 5/09
Wonder if this will cause Toyota to lower the price of the Prius?
From the tests I've read, the Prius is better in every respect except price (and dash layout).
steve_ says:
07:25 PM, 02/ 5/09
I suppose it's related to the drag coefficient, but I wish Honda would move away from these swoopy dashes a bit. You can't see where the front end of a Fit ends from the front seats and from the photo, it looks like the windshield rake and long nose on the Insight will be about as bad. Maybe it won't be so bad in real life?
tmanz says:
09:28 PM, 02/ 5/09
"Wonder if this will cause Toyota to lower the price of the Prius?"
Are they making any money on them as it is?