In the Hybrid Car Comparison, we compare two cars, The Honda Insight 2011 and Toyota Prius 2011
Honda Insight 2011
Toyota Prius 2011
The similarities
1. 2011 Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and 2011 is front wheel drive cars, couple a traditional four-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric motor generator and a self-charging nickel-metal hydride batteries. Both uses regenerative braking, the kinetic energy during deceleration and stop, and forward it to the batteries. The two vehicles are equipped with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) instead of a normal geared automatic transmission. A CVT offers endless conditions that an engine operating within its optimum range. The combined production of the Prius engine and electric motor is 134 hp, the Insight engine-motor combination 98 hp.
2. From far away, the 2011 Prius and 2011 could be mistaken for identical twins Insight. Their external dimensions of space both in the compact car class, and their similar shape of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and Honda FCX Clarity fuel-cell electric car has come to define what a hybrid or electric cars look like Echo: a four- door with a smooth front-end and high, jagged tail. The truncated tail, called a comb back, is a design that reduces the drag on the vehicle and helps improve the fuel consumption.
3. The Prius and Insight have all the biggies in 2011 when he s acts of standard safety features. Active safety equipment includes traction and electronic stability control, four-wheel anti-lock brakes. Prius has disc brakes front and rear, while the Insight shave costs by using drum brakes to back. Passive safety is front airbags, airbag driver and passenger side torso protection and side curtain airbags for both rows of seats that offer head protection in a side impact or accident reversal. The Prius offers the driver s knee bag, which not only protects the knees, but keeps the driver s body in the position required for the use of seat belts and steering wheel airbag to provide the best protection.
4. Hybrids are the fuel economy and both the 2011 and 2011 Prius, Insight has performed and displays the settings panel that helps drivers to tighten the highest mileage from every drop of fuel. Called Eco mode on the Prius and Econ Insight, these choices to maximize fuel economy by changing the command throttle and shifting the operation of air conditioning. The Prius is a multi-information display characteristics of history of fuel consumption, the flow energy, and an indicator of the hybrid system, but the layout is busy and difficult to unravel during you drive. The EcoGuide Overview collect data on driving patterns, allowing drivers to analyze their driving record had to improve strategies fuel economy. His screen shows up five green leaves to reward drivers with the fastest economic behavior over time.
Car Comparison 2011-Honda Insight vs Toyota Prius
The Differences
1. The 2011 Prius is more expensive than the Insight 2011, but many of the Prius, including the performance, sophistication, space and fuel economy. The base model 2011 Toyota Prius II starts with $ 23,560, several thousand dollars more than the basic model Insight. The best equipped, best-selling Prius Prius III and IV models, the price of $ 24, 560, and the high-end Sun lists $ 28,830 Prius. To be more competitive, Honda added a new entry-level version of the hybrid in 2011. Called simply the 2011 Honda Insight, the list price of $ 18.950 to the lowest price in the U.S., hybrid, and gives a $ 4610 price advantage of the Prius II. This insight is followed by a price of 20,650 LX, EX and EX $ 22,240 to $ 24,015 navigation. Insight does not provide opportunity for all trim levels and has a number of online service. Except for the base Prius II, there is an extensive list of available options for the 2011 Prius, and many offer only packages.
2. The 2011 Toyota Prius is a showcase for high-tech equipment that is unrivaled in its class. Comfort, convenience and safety features include radar cruise control that a driver-selected distance behind the vehicle is at the front, a pre-collision system with automatic braking and lane-departure restrictions that actually nudge the wheel to bring the car back the job as the driver does not listen to the audible warning. Have trouble parking? Check the Prius the self-parallel parking system option box. The pièce de résistance is a sunroof with a solar panel that generates electricity to run fans in the car to keep the interior cooler, while the Prius is parked in the Sun While both the Prius and the Insight offers navigation and Bluetooth connectivity, connecting an iPod in the Prius requires an expensive option available only with the top V-model Prius. The Insight has an iPod connection as standard on the LX and EX models.
3. Fuel economy standards for hybrid and conventional EPA's calculations for the 2011 Toyota Prius and Honda Insight 2011 rank No. 1 and 2 of the most fuel-efficient vehicles in the United States (U.S. EPA to use gasoline-electric conversion formula to calculate the upper miles per gallon , estimates of the total electric Nissan Leaf and the extended range electric Volt.) advantageous for hybrid technology more sophisticated, the 2011 Prius Prices 51/48 mpg city / highway. Do not forget that she offers the top mileage during city driving, where the low speed allows you to move the power alone. Ratio of the 2011 Insight 40/43 mpg. Without the ability to move around the city speed electric Insight is a simple hybrid system alone reach the best mileage of the road. When it comes to consumption, choice between Insight and Prius boils down to how much you are willing to pay to save on gas. Insight 40/43 mpg is good, even a small car, but the more expensive Prius 51/48 is great, and a larger car.
4. the driving experience between the Prius and Insight is significantly different. Insight personality leans the sporty side and is more agile than the Prius. Steering feel is good, the tight turning radius. Insight firm ride and very well damped, but the suspension is the sound of hammers, if there are potholes. The Prius has the feel d a robust car was good for medium, and then that it n not invite spirited driving carves, she corners very well at reasonable speeds. The frame is stable and smooth, all responded, but the most difficult path imperfections with little or no interruption. Neither car is fast sports car but with 134 hp in the combined gas / electric output of the Prius offers great acceleration, Insight and 98 net hp. In addition, the engine noise and the road very intrusive in the Insight, while Toyota Prius 2011 cabin is very quiet.
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