2000 Honda Insight remains most fuel efficient hybrid 12 years after its creation - 89.3 KPCC
But beyond simply repairing and selling old cars, Thomas has become the go-to guy in the western states for what was once the car of the future: the 2000 Honda Insight — the first gas-electric hybrid for sale in the U. S. Thomas has sold cars in... The 2000 Honda Insight was, and still is, the most fuel-efficient hybrid ever at 61 miles per gallon on the highway. Thomas says he once asked a Honda engineer what he thought of the 2000 Insight. “He then turned around and said, ‘It was [a mistake] because we showed what we could do. ’”. Honda spokesman Chris Martin wouldn’t exactly call the original Insight a mistake. He says the technology lives on today in Honda’s hybrids, and in the new all-electric version of the Fit. “Really, Honda wanted to build a car that could show the full potential,” said Martin. “Now that car had some compromises — only two seats, limited weight capacity — so for the average consumer based on fuel prices, it wasn’t a high volume car. Honda sold only about 14,000. Source: www.scpr.org
