Production Honda Insight Hybrid images leaked ahead of Geneva 2009 debut

Honda Insight

Here we go again, low-res product photos of soon to be unveiled products always get leaked out a week or two before their official proper unveiling date, and this time it’s the new 2nd generation Honda Insight hybrid. The Insight will make its debut at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show in March, but here we get to see full details of the production version more than 2 months earlier. In the photo gallery after the jump you will be able to see many angles of the exterior as well as close-ups of the car’s features, but they are far from high-res though. Also shown is a close-up of the car’s digital speedometer which changes colour according to your driving pattern in order to let you know whether you are driving fuel efficiently or not. Honda calls this the Ecological Drive Assist System.

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  • MyviKiller (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 12:44 am

    Quite an expensive looking car compared to its predecessor.

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  • king (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 1:00 am

    cool looking speedometer…

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  • bukitdamansara (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 2:03 am

    ugly la…

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  • red7 (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 2:15 am

    ugly rear.

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  • revo (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 8:14 am

    ugly looking honda… toyota prius so much better looking than this car (so ugly until dont even wanna say its name)

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  • ryan_foong80 (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 8:24 am

    arent you guys think this fellow look like PRIUS shape….

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  • 4G63T DSM (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 8:30 am

    It does look like a Prius. But the same is purposely done up to be more aerodynamic.

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  • xyrastate (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 8:33 am

    Side profile looks like Toyota Prius.

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  • carsut (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 9:09 am

    ummm, aerodynamic? Honda designers should redefine the aerodynamic in more promising ways.. btw, the butt looks really ugly though..

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  • farghmee (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 9:09 am

    overall exterior looks ok for me.
    i think the rear lights look odd comparable to front lights.
    i always think lamps like the eyes of the car.
    if small front lights is adopted, small rear lights should be matched.

    err..i don’t know much, but how economy engine perform? really save fuel?

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  • carsut (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 9:19 am

    civic CRX maybe??

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  • BB (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 9:32 am

    look similar to PRIUS (sure modern design than toyota). seems like hybrid cars always “hatcback” for commecial purpose. believe hybrid cars popularity in boleh-land need another 5 yrs????

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  • dzat46 (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 9:41 am

    In the real world…a VW’s polo/golf TDI blue motion will beat it in FC (watch in Top Gear..prius vs VW’s TDI) and be quite environmental friendly too. anyway, the VW will be more fun/powerful to drive.

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  • 4G63T DSM (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    I don’t know…hybrids just don’t seem to make much sense now.

    The future will be full electric (short range) or Hydrogen fuel cell (long range).

    Hybrids are just a stop gap meature until the technology and infrastructure (and ultimately cost effectiveness) catches up for maintream application.

    As a stop gap answer, i still think diesels do much better.

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  • dpinterworld (Member) on Jan 07, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    Well, certainly not my dream car.

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  • topgunthang (Member) on Jan 08, 2009 at 5:22 am

    full electric is not feasible currently because if you’ve owned a laptop or iphone then you would understand. hydrogen give another 10 years at least. diesel is getting too expensive to justify its savings. you get the same distance out of the same money. in the meantime its safe to buy either hybrid, light weight petrol, turbo petrol or diesel coz in the end they will all cost about the same to run. only difference comes in how much they cost to service and hence which brands of car you prefer best.

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  • intermilan (Member) on Jan 09, 2009 at 9:35 am

    the look remind me of 1997 renault megane hatchback.

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  • kei9 (Member) on Jan 09, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Hmm.. They should really tone down the huge body sometimes.

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Jan 09, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    its better than the prius and it hints of the cr-x

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  • rsrulz (Member) on Jan 11, 2009 at 1:17 am

    what i don’t understand is why a lot of eco friendly cars look ugly. If they make them look like normal cars i’m sure more people will buy them. this really looks like a honda version of the prius to me and i think that they are both ugly.

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  • Chris on Jun 19, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Anyone know that when this car will be unveilded in Malaysia?

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