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Honda Prices the new Insight Hybrid from $21,200 in Japan
The new Honda Insight Hybrid will go on sale in Japan on Friday, February 6, 2009, with prices starting from 1,890,000 yen, or with today's exchange rates, $21,200, for the entry-level "G" model and climb to 2,210,000 yen or $23,800 for the top-of-the-line LS. While the price conversion into U.S. dollars does not tell reveal much due to the volatile nature of the exchange rates on a day-to-day basis between the two currencies, what does matter is the fact that the Insight significantly undercuts the current-generation Prius (that's the 2009 model and not the all-new 2010 Prius) that is priced in Japan from approximately 2.3 million yen or $25,800.
Prices for other markets including the U.S. and European countries have yet to be revealed. Honda plans to introduce the Insight to most international markets in April, 2009.
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Toyota Launches Cut-price Version Of Second-gen Prius In Japan
Honda's aggressively priced Insight Hybrid has forced Toyota to keep selling the second generation Prius Hybrid, at least in Japan. Along with the domestic launch of the new, 2010 Prius, Toyota today announced the release of a low-price version of...
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Honda Insight Hybrid Outselling Toyota Prius In The Uk
Honda's all-new Insight hybrid is off to good start in Britain having sold 229 units since it went on sale in the market on April 4, 2009. That's compared to 198 units of the current generation Prius - always according to Honda's data. Besides...
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Toyota's 2011 Low-cost Dedicated Hybrid To Be Based On The Yaris
A news report has shed light on Toyota's plans to develop a dedicated small hybrid model to take on Honda's Insight hybrid that just went on sale in the USA. Speaking with Japan's Nikkei business newspaper Akihiko Otsuka, chief engineer of...
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2010 Honda Insight Hybrid: Prius Rival Bows In Detroit - 73 High-res Photos
The all-new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid car made its world debut at the North American International Auto Show. Honda's mass production hybrid will be launched worldwide in the beginning of April 2009 and will be priced in the States below the Civic...
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2009 Honda Insight Hybrid: 23 New Photos Of European-spec Production Model
Following an earlier leak of the Japanese-market model brochure, a new set of photos of the 2009 Honda Insight have been leaked into the net ahead of the hybrid car's premier at the Detroit auto show on January 11. Seen here in UK -and consequently,...
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