Insight versus Prius

[gunnmen01]

And now you have the civic hybrid power train in a 4 door civic...


gunnmen01

[lillucas]

2004 prius?
can use both electric motor and gas motor at the same time, giving it combined power and a 0-60 of 9.8 seconds

honda's hybrids only use gas or electric but not both at the same time

insight MT - only ULEV! but it gets better mpg than the insight CVT which is SULEV

insight CVT - uses belt and cone CVT, SULEV, and is slower than the MT insight, and costs more i think

prius gets 90% fewer emissions than ULEV
and it uses a planetary gear CVT, which i think is far more superior.

prius=comes standard with a touch screen LCD
also, its front passenger seat folds all the way down, then the back seat folds on that, and then you have 8 feet of storage space. try that with an insight!

and also... car and driver's 30,000 mile test for the insight got an average of 48mpg.

lets wait and see what the 04's 30k mile test gets ne?

[Volken]

[quote=lillucas]2004 prius?
can use both electric motor and gas motor at the same time, giving it combined power and a 0-60 of 9.8 seconds

Be that 9.8 or as I mentioned from test, 10.5 seconds, for one virtue
only I shall look at Insight with praise and envy and that be manual shift gear, that synergy of shift/engine is bliss I will in Prius seriously miss.

[lillucas]

the planetary gear cvt that works like a differential, in theory, should be quicker than a manual transmission. plus it looses all the weight of a manual transmission too, since it is shift-by-wire

personally i have never used a manual, but it probably is more fun than automatic

but the insight's MT is only ULEV which doesnt compare to the other hybrids

[Volken]

Originally Posted by lillucas

personally i have never used a manual, but it probably is more fun than automatic

Dear lillucas,

I'm advocate of all Prius II benefits.

I will drive the same regardless of gear concept because time has come where man will either step boldly with sane thinking or will face as always in history most painful evolutionary way.

No offense but, in the very essence of driving sensation that shapes the very emotion of blending with machine and engine breaking, you haven't drive a car if you haven't drive that car with manual shift.

Please experience that in near future. But stay with Prius, naturally

[Omni Freak]

easy


because the prius has 2 engines and is just like a normal car
and it gets 800 miles to the tank


The insight has only 2 seats and it has a big fuel cell in the back elimnitaning the cargo space and the insight just plainly sucks hummers.

[Volken]

Originally Posted by Omni Freak

easy
because the prius has 2 engines and is just like a normal car and it gets 800 miles to the tank
The insight has only 2 seats and it has a big fuel cell in the back elimnitaning the cargo space and the insight just plainly sucks hummers.

Hm, and this be related to what?

[Neutrino]

Thread opened in 2000...reopened in jan 2003 and now reopened again.


Please refrain from bringing back dead threads.

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