2010 Toyota Prius vs. 2010 Honda Insight: Which Would You Choose?

The Honda, without a second thought. I drive the Insight now and am getting 72mpg. I’ve had it since Oct. 2000 and have 240,000 miles on it with no end in sight. I’ll drive this thing till it falls apart. It has plenty of pickup and I’ve even had it over 100mph on the freeway with plenty of pedal left to go. All I use it for is work which I travel around the Chicago subs as a network engineer, so it’s perfect for that. I get reimbursed for my mileage from the company I work for, so they paid all my bills on this car and since it’s now paid off, I’m making money on it. I can go 750 miles on a single tank which lasts me 7-8 days. So, who’s laughing all the way to the bank?

how about id rather be shot in the head who needs a hybrid normal vehicles account for less than 2 percent of the pollution in the world so who gives a fuck…besides there both foreign pieces of shit anyways.

P.S. since they are basically the same shape, and have both been around long enough to refine their systems to be very reliable, I guess give me which ever one edges out the other in fuel economy, even if it is a slight advantage. If I have to drive one of these ugly things, I may as well get the full benefit.

The reason these look alike is because that shape is very good for reducing drag. If your car just stops flat in the rear (like a sedan for example) the air coming off the flat trunk swirls around and causes drag from the rear of the car. These on the other hand slope to the rear giving the air a smoother departure and therefore less disturbance and less drag. The front is so pointy for the same reason, so it can cut through the air to an extent instead of “push” the air. They could shape them more like a 350Z or RX-8 and probably get a similiar effect, but why would they want to make ‘em look that good. lol.

Is it just me or do they look the same?

I would wait till the CR-Z from Honda came out..

They both look terrible, but I guess if I had to I would take the Honda.

I pick the Toyota for sure, Honda is crap, Toyota is number one right now!!!

there both pretty ugly

People say the Honda cuz it looks better. But, look at the size of the wheels! Toyota went so far as to make the wheels smaller to reduce the Inertia of the overall vehicle, and thus, improve gas mileage. Toyota has gone to every length possible to make this a better car. Although the Honda may look better, the Toyota is the better car for the hybrid-wanters!

I would rather jump off a cliff than drive either of those piles.

Toyota to a really uhly car and made it even uglier…way to go.
i pick the honda…if i was forced to pick one.

They both suck…when will toyota remake the supra, thats all I car about, and honda should make an s2000 hybrid, im sure everyone would take that over the insight or priugly

if those are LED lights on the Honda ill take it. n yea that is weird that they look EXACTLY THE SAME…?

Stick a fork in the Prius… it’s done.

I really don’t want either of these. I don’t want to be one of those people that says, “neither. I hate both of these”, but that’s exactly what I’m going to say. I would rather walk 50 miles a day instead of drive a Prius, and I really hate that the insight looks strikingly similar to the Prius. How about a little originality? And, with what I’ve heard about the batteries and such these cars use doing more harm for the environment than good, I just don’t want either of these cars.
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Sorry, but I don’t wouldn’t take either of them. I have a bike. It’s good for the environment, and good for you.

i say prius. there are more of them, and the technology probably has most of the bugs out of them allready. i’ve never seen a REAL tricked out prius though. that would be cool. a performance hybrid

hahahaha!! roflz to jjdogg’s comment! that’s awesome! yeah it sure does look like that.. these cars look like stuff i would run over….on a BICYCLE!!!

these cars do more damage to the environment than good…companies that buy this to promote thier image as an environmentally friendly company are just stupid…therefore i’d pick niether…

gonna go with the honda
just cause the prius looks like it just sucked on a very sour lemon

i dont know what happen to toyota in the past years…no more celica no more mr2 no more supra…every good car company should have a car for everyones life style….and there designs have been horrible the highlanders are hideous and so are the camry solara’s ! ( thats suppose to be there top of the line sports coupe) the best looking toyota is the FJ ( which they could have still done a better job) and the 4Runner..Dont get it twisted though they still make wicked engines….but i have to go with honda for this one.

god they’re both ugly… the Prius is actually reliable, as i recall there were so many problems with the insight that they were taken off of the road. and they say American cars are unreliable… just certain ones. but its not like i plan on buying either an american car or one of these two faces… one that looks like a regular prius that slammed into an ugly pole or a civic that got rear-ended by a CRV and somehow, beyond what we know about how only mammals can produce offspring in this fashion, but it spawns an even uglier car that gets better gas mileage.

hurts me saying it being a toyota owner and fan but honda looks better ,why can’t they make better looking hybrids?

BANG!

Only based on looks and brand loyalty, I would go with the Honda. I would only consider it if it came in a 2 door though.

Neither. And that is exactly why i wouldnt drive a jap car. American manufacturers are smart enough to know NEVER to create anything as horrid as that.

How about…neither. When the votes are counted, the neither votes should be tallied to determine if anyone actually wants one of these things. Small, ugly, and barely big enough to go get groceries.
Three words for the econuts…hydrogen, fuel, cell.

as much as i hate the both of em(especially honda) the honda does look better so if i really had to choose definatley the honda!!

Oh good God. hindsight vs pious
umm… i would rather be kicked in the nuts with steel toed boots than drive a honda, let alone buy one, but i would rather be stabbed in the nuts than drive a toyota. honda… i guess. start sharpening your knife

honda looks sweeter

the insight looks better to me

they will have to pry my mustang keys from my COLD DEAD HANDS i for one chose death.

i agree, the honda sucks less. because it’s a honda.

and those leds on the insight are coming straight of a porsche 997.

Both suck, but the Honda sucks less

Yes they both are ugly but I would pick the honda looks alot better and and i know the aftermarket world for the honda will be much larger

there both butt ugly i would choose the honda then burn it and throw a brick through the prius window

the ONLY thing i like about any of these two cars is honda’s led lights.

so honda

hmmm, looks to me like it all comes down too vertical headlights vs horizontal headlights… i guess i like the horizontal headlights better…

The Honda Insight looks much better…. Even though the profile oddly looks like the current Prius…. Go figure….

Neither. You couldn’t pay me to drive around in either one of these things.

I think the new Prius looks better. It is a lot less retarded-looking.
That said, I’ve always believed that if engineers at both companies spend enough time working at making the bodies aerodynamic, I’m sure they’ll end up with cars that look exactly the same (with different badges)….

Way to prove me right Honda and Toyota…

REtards thats not what the new prius is going to look like, this is a photoshoped verion of a old prius, god you guys are DUM FUCKS!!!

Honda Insight

Insight. the Prius looks freaking silly.

Insight. the Prius looks freaking silly.

INSIGHT!
Priuses are, and always will be the ugliest cars around.

Insight. It’s about time they brought it back.

Insight, Prius’s are too common, and i like suff thats diffrent

honda

A nice crane with an car scrapping claw attachment would be the best choice for hybrids.

Whichever has the higher trade-in value to get a real car!

Arrrrrgh! MY EYES! MY EYES!!!

Honda for me, i just really don’t like the prius at all. or the honda for that matter. whatever.

i rather have a catheter put in

The Insight, just have to watch out for the “smug”

Insight. Even though it looks looks the first gen Prius, the headlights/front end is what sets it apart from the cutesy Prius. Although if I got one, I would do some roofline trimming to suit my tastes for a Honda.

Personally I will take the bullet to the head

I’d rather walk on broken glass barefoot…

If I have to choose between this two I will definitely get Honda. Way cheaper and nicer looking IMHO.

CUBE

I’ll take the shoe lace express!

insight, but just because its a honda. it’ll have a turbo kit, suspension, and an exhaust system waiting for it on the aftermarket once it drops. (i keeed, i keed)

Insight. When when I get home and the gun isn’t to my head, I’m listing it for sale.

My sisters Prius got her a tax refund just for owning one, I believe it was $2ooo.

Insight looks a tad more cooler

Bravo Jack, well said.
I’d pull a Matrix move and go for the Rocket Restorations ride.

I would have to say Honda

I’d take a good pair of walking shoes over either one of them.

If it were a gift, I’d rather have the Insight.

Insight. The headlights look dumb on the Toyota.

If a gun was to my head, I’d take the bullet.
Why can’t someone make a hybrid that doesn’t look like a dustbuster.

It’s tough, they’ve both been doing hybrids for a while. i’ve been hardcore Honda, so i’ll pick honda

if a gun was too my head, insight.